Young Once

Young Once is the hilarious and heart-warming memoir of actor and comedian Nigel Planer. Most famous for playing Neil the hippy in The Young Ones and being a pillar of the 80s alternative comedy scene through The Comic Strip Presents and Bad News, this memoir is inspired by a recent sold-out tour where audiences lapped up his witty and self-depreciating stories.

Nigel Planer takes us back through the roles, the friendships, the rivalries, the triumphs, and comic disasters—from 20-foot giant éclairs falling from the skies to exploding ovens—that have shaped his career. All of this is enveloped in the moving and funny story of his on-off relationship with his wife, Roberta.