The comedy will be written by Charles McKeown, the Oscar-nominated writer who worked with John Cleese’s Monty Python cohort Terry Gilliam on Brazil, Baron Munchausen, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
And in the announcement, Cleese humorously commented on McKeown’s work.
(Close to “Dinsdale,” amirite?)
Edith’s cast also includes such talents as Spaced’s Jessica Hynes as Roger’s wife Wendy, Coronation Street’s Anne Reid as the nosy housekeeper Mrs. Gale, Jane Eyre’s Rosie Cavaliero as Roger’s greedy sister Sandra, Game of Thrones’ James Cosmo as Edith’s problematic ex Bob, and Downton Abbey’s Peter Egan as a shit-stirring local named Mr. Dugdale.