Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller look back: ‘We were really cross with each other, slamming the door and saying: That’s it’

The comedy double act on playing it cool, bombing at Edinburgh, and how their friendship endured after they branched out on their own

Alexander Armstrong, 54, and Ben Miller, 58, are best known for their late 90s sketch show Armstrong and Miller. Former members of Cambridge University’s Footlights, they honed their sketches on stage before getting their first TV show commissioned in 1997. After four series, they branched out into acting (Miller has starred in Death in Paradise and Johnny English); presenting (Armstrong is a host of Pointless and Have I Got News for You) and writing. Armstrong’s debut novel for children, Evenfall: The Golden Linnet, and Miller’s new children’s book, Robin Hood Aged 10¾, are available now.

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