The co-writer of Vicar of Dibley and ex BBC Radio 4 Commissioning Editor for Comedy, Paul Mayhew-Archer is set to perform his debut show, Incurable Optimist, at the Underbelly throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He last performed at the fringe in 1975 as part of a revue show with Andy Hamilton.

Mayhew-Archer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s seven years ago. This show is about his entire life as a sitcom and how Parkinson’s is just the latest episode.