Uh-oh – Marcus Brigstocke has been put in charge of a thing! In each episode, Marcus finds he’s volunteered to be in charge of a big old thing – a hospital, the railways, British fashion, a prison. And in each episode he starts out by thinking “Well, it can’t be that difficult, surely?” and ends up with “Oh – turns out it’s utterly difficult and complicated. Who knew…?”

Helping him fail to find the answers will be Rufus Jones (Hunderby, Holy Flying Circus), William Andrews (Sorry I’ve Got No Head) and Margaret Cabourn-Smith (Miranda). The show is produced by Marcus’s long-standing accomplice, David Tyler, who also produces Marcus’s appearances as the inimitable Giles Wemmbley Hogg. Written by Marcus Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, Toby Davies, Nick Doody, Steve Punt and Tom Neenan.