‘I’ve never watched a whole episode of Peep Show’: Matt King on surviving a stroke and reviving Super Hans

The actor is returning to his character in the cult Channel 4 sitcom with a new autobiography – despite barely watching the series. He talks about his ‘terrifying’ hospital stay and why strangers still shout at him about crack being ‘moreish’

**Super Hans is back! What’s he been up to since we last saw him? **Splitting up with Molly, the twins, the moped-rental business in Macedonia …
Well, Super Hans finds a legal loophole in the marriage certificate, which means it’s null and void and … hang on … I’m basically telling you the whole plot of the book!

Is the book just you, Matt King, writing on behalf of Super Hans? Or does your inner Super Hans just come out and write it for you?
It’s neither. He comes around my house every morning. I put the kettle on, he borrows my computer and off he goes. I don’t know what he gets up to. I usually try to get out of the way, go for a nice walk.

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