RETIREMENT HOME? YES PLEASE!

Could Richard Osman possibly be the most grounded man in telly? He very much has the measure of the industry he has worked in his whole life, and at one point we talk about the attractions of a retirement village, like the one in which his novel is set. He reckons he’d love to move into one some day. ‘I’m 50 now but because my children are grown up I feel older. The idea of living somewhere I can hang out with my mates, playing pool and cards and having people to watch box sets with, is hugely appealing. It would be like being at university, but without having to work.

‘For some people the idea of living in a retirement complex would be a nightmare, but I’m a huge fan of them, and it does address that big issue of how we tackle loneliness.’