Mighty Boosh stars to reunite to work on new ideas
- Mighty Boosh stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding are to work together again
- It'll be their first major collaboration since the live Mighty Boosh shows in 2009
- Julian Barratt says "We're talking about doing something else together now"
Mighty Boosh creators Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding are set to work together again.
The Mighty Boosh, which launched in 2003 and made stars of its two creators, was last seen on television in 2007. A live tour followed in 2008 and 2009, but since then the pair have worked on separate projects.
Speaking to Radio Times, Julian Barratt confirmed he remains firm friends with his co-star, adding: "We're talking about doing something else together now... something with a longer arc really."
He explained one of the reasons he wanted to work with Fielding again was the response he got when he showed his children The Mighty Boosh TV series. "I decided to show them it. They were really enjoying it and I was enjoying it. And I was going, 'Yeah, this is really good.' Well I knew it was good, but I sort of didn't know why it was good, in a way. So I was talking to Noel about that. I'd really like to do some more stuff with this. And there seems to be people wanting us to do that, so that's what that was."
Explaining why they drifted apart after the live tour, he said: "I had kids. We wanted to do other things on our own, so that's what we've done. But you know, we're always in contact. We do the odd gig here and there and music... quite a bit of music together and things. A lot of side projects and stuff along the way but we're just doing our own thing."
He added: "We always have good chemistry when we get back together. It's like he's a brother, basically. So you may have times when you fall out but he's always there."
Julian Barrett's current project is Flowers, a new sitcom which starts on Channel 4 soon.