Peep Show could have been turned into a stage show, co-creator Sam Bain has revealed.
But he and fellow writer Jesse Armstrong turned down the offer to adapt the long-running Channel 4 sitcom into a play, because they couldn't figure out how to make it he work, he told music magazine NME.
It launched the careers of Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, Mitchell and Webb, plus Olivia Colman – but it nearly got cancelled. Two decades since its first episode, its stars reflect on the show that made them.