Here We Go creator says Bedford representative of the whole UK

A comedy writer has said he set his sitcom in the town of Bedford as it is representative of the whole country.

Tom Basden created and writes the BBC One show Here We Go, which he also appears in alongside Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick.

The former vice president of Cambridge Footlights said: “I thought Bedford was a really good location for a show that speaks to the whole country.

“I wanted to set the show somewhere that just felt very traditionally English but not really known for being any one particular thing.”