HAVING binged on my Peep Show box sets during my second pregnancy and subsequent early morning feeds it is fair to say that I hold a special place in my heart for Jeremy and Mark.

They got me through my inability to shift off the sofa, the furthest I could waddle was to the kitchen and back again, and made those 3am feeds in my cold front room that little more bearable.

I was pregnant through series seven and when a thoroughly miserable scene involving a birthing pool and a small net was screened my husband's mate text messaged laughing that this would be him.

Therefore, during my chat with Robert Webb ahead of his appearance at Malvern Theatres I had to try hard to stop myself from blurting out this bit of useless information or asking if I could become an honourable El Dude Brother.

Coincidentally, Robert's appearance at Malvern will be as a half of another well known and well loved duo Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense.

He has been touring the country as Bertie Wooster - the bumbling toff who is helped along by his ever-suffering butler Jeeves (played by Jason Thorpe).

Through a mouthful of shortbread, Robert explained why he decided to get involved: "I went to see the original cast and it just looked like they were having such a good time.

"Bertie is a funny part and it is a funny show which I ended up doing for three months in the West End.

"When it came up again I was more than happy to step in to do the tour.

"The premise of the show is Wooster is talking about a frightful weekend and one of his friends says he should be putting it on stage and he replies "I am".

"He has no clue how to put on a show but fortunately Jeeves has anticipated everything and is playing a number of characters and doing all the running around for Bertie.

"There's the fun of three actors trying to play a number of characters, things are going wrong.

"It's a play inside a play and its a big theatrical, energetic show and we don't stop for two hours."

Fortunately, the current tour of Jeeves and Wooster hasn't faced any of the pitfalls of Bertie Wooster's hastily staged play.

Unlike his co-star Jason, who admitted never having watched or read the PG Wodehouse books prior to appearing as Jeeves, Robert did read a couple of the books as a teenager including The Code of the Woosters, the basis for the stage show.

"Even if you haven't read the books or seen the television show you will get so much from it and Wodehouse fans will also be rewarded but it really, really doesn't matter at all if you've never seen any of it.

"It's very accessible. You have this well meaning bumbling gent and these brilliant lines like the description "an eye that could open an oyster at fifty paces".

"Then you have the fun of three people trying to put on a show which is pretty funny anyway."

And what about Peep Show which will, sadly, have its ninth and final series next year.

Will man-sized child Jez finally settle down and disappear into the sunset with a family and a steady nine to five job? No chance. Robert wants Mark and Jeremy to leave on an unhappy ending as is fitting for the show.

"I'll be sad to see it go.

"We haven't made a series for over two years so I've been living in a post-Peep Show world but people are still willing to offer me work which is great," he joked.

"It's been such good fun playing Jeremy and the challenge of making someone so horrible so likeable.

"It's a fabulous show and I've been very lucky to be a part of it."

Jeeves and Wooster Perfect Nonsense plays at Malvern Theatres from Monday, March 30 to Saturday, April 4.

Tickets are available by calling 01684 892277 or online at malvern-theatres.co.uk