Always when I directed the play, I was always trying to cast people not who were necessarily like the characters, but people who I felt had the essential component that the character had, some kind of soul for it.

Amongst other roles Marber portrayed the hapless reporter Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan in both On the Hour and The Day Today and was involved in a dispute with the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring who had written for On the Hour about who had invented the character. Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian playwrightdirector puppeteer actor and screenwriter.

Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian playwrightdirector puppeteer actor and screenwriter.