“I just think the best comedy is being written by women,” he says. “There’s nothing to touch I Hate Suzie, Fleabag…
Comedy club performances in Notting Hill led to a sketch show, which led to Armstrong and Miller, later rebranded The Armstrong & Miller Show when it landed on BBC One.
But if you’d told 20-year-old Ben Miller all that, he’d have snorted and returned to his text book.
By the time he was doing his PhD, Miller had more confidence – and more time on his hands.