Ardal O'Hanlon stars in BBC Radio 4 'Spike's Lookalikes'

My Hero and Father Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon stars in a new sitcom for radio which starts on Monday on BBC Radio 4.

Spike's Lookalikes is stand-up comedian Mark Watson's first sitcom for Radio 4 and the first of three episodes will air on Monday 16 June at 11.00pm.

Ardal plays Spike, whose efforts to run a successful lookalikes agency are continually undermined – invariably by himself. His client list is diverse, if nothing else, and includes a Del Boy, a Posh Spice and a Pope John Paul II.

Loveable but thoroughly useless, Spike is bailed out on a regular basis by his wife, Maggie, office boy and lookalike wannabe Phil, and their friends, Jimmy and Sandie.

In the first episode, 'To Del And Back', Jimmy, Spike's Del Boy impersonator, has had enough and has decided to pack in the lookalikes game and fulfil his dream of being a dentist in Spain. But as Jimmy is about the only one of Spike's clients who actually gets booked, Spike has to pull out all the stops to change his mind.

Spike's Lookalikes also stars Doon Mackichan and Bruce Mackinnon.