{
  "id": 7751916,
  "title": "Bill Nighy Playing Socially-Challenged Literary Titan In Richard Curtis’ Debut Audio Sitcom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/bill-nighy-playing-socially-challenged-literary-titan-in-richard",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T09:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/richard-curtis-audio-sitcom-bill-nighy-jim-broadbent-1237104987/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Richard Curtis is returning to the sitcom game, this time through audio. The Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder and Mr Bean writer-director is making Greatest Living Writer for BBC Radio 4 starring Bill Nighy, Nicola Walker, Nick Mohammed, Jim Broadbent, Meera Syal and Traitors star Madelyn Smedley. It is Curtis’ first sitcom in nearly 20 […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}