I met Ricky and asked him about After Life. He sounded like Patrick Stewart...
Ricky - "So I play this guy who's wife is dead and I run into these street thugs and I hit one with a tin of dog food but before they run off, I've called them c**ts."
Me - "OK. It's a comedy, is it?
Ricky - "No…… It's about what would happen if my power fantasies were possible".
Me - "What's the story though, what's the....?
Ricky - "Well, I do other stuff like there are these other street thugs riding their bike and I grab their hammer but before they ride off, I've called them c**ts."
Me - So it's mainly you going around calling people c**ts?"
Ricky - "Mainly..................And I do other stuff like I play squash with my brother in law and he's 20 years younger and 10 stone lighter and I wish I was able to beat him and suddenly I am. And I score the winning point, and I'm drinking and vomiting and my brother in law starts having a heart attack but before the ambulance comes...."
Me - "You call him a c**t?
Ricky - "Instantly"
Me - "Sure"
Ricky - "And he doesn't know what's happening but I've called....."
Me - ....."him a c**t...."
Ricky - "Again"
Me - "Good....is there a narrative at all, is there like a story in the show, or is it just...."
Ricky - "Well I'm a sort of James Bond figure...."
Me - "Right..."
Ricky - "And I have to walk around my town because everyone loves me and they're all women telling me I'm amazing, even though everything I say and do is horrible. And one of them is on a bench calling me an angel, two are in the office saying they love the story about my dead wife"
Me - "They've turned lunatic"
Ricky - "Yeah because I've been talking about her for so long"
Me - "That can happen. Well good luck with that. I've just written a sitcom. I wondered if you could give it to anyone you know?"
Ricky - "Is there any swearing in it?"
Me - "Not really"
Ricky - "Oh...." (looks downcast)
Me - "Well there could be"
Ricky - "C**ts or f**ks?
Me - "Either"
Ricky - "Errh..." (looks downcast)
Me - "Well, just c**ts"
Ricky - "RIght" (beaming smile)