Rob Brydon, who wrote and starred in the successful BBC TV series 'Marrion
and Geoff', along with it's prequel 'A Small Summer Party' is now going to port
his lead character to a new medium. The next chapter in the life of his
divorced husband character, "Keith", is not to be captured by a fixed camera
mounted on a car dashboard. Instead, Brydon is writing a book as the
character, which will be called: "Keith's self-help guide to Making Divorce
Work."
Brydon is reported to have landed a six figure sum to write the book, which
will be co-written with his agent, of all people, Paul Duddridge.
Speaking about the project, Duddridge said: "The Keith Barret character has
done a video diary on marriage, then he got picked up by a promoter and did a
lecture tour of the UK and the book is in the same spirit. It is Keith's advice
on making your divorce work but it is not just divorce, it is any kind of failed
relationships. It is typically inappropriate Keith advice – how to befriend your
wife's new boyfriend and things like that.”
The book is expected to go on sale in the Autumn of 2004.
