Veteran actor Brian Cox is to bring his Radio 4 character Bob Servant, a pompous Dundonian businessman, to the small screen for a BBC Four series.

The character, created by Neil Forsyth, first appeared in the 2007 book Delete This At Your Peril, which featured email exchanges with internet scammers.

Bob Servant Independent will follow the character's attempts to become the MP for Broughty Ferry.

Cox said the TV transfer would capture the series' "unique east coast humour".

The 65-year-old actor also praised "the comic writing skills of fellow Dundonian Neil Forsyth and the audacious spirit of Bob Servant".

Cox, who has starred in Hollywood films Troy and the Bourne series, first played the role on BBC Radio Scotland's The Bob Servant Emails, which was later broadcast on Radio 4.

Forsyth's character also features in books Bob Servant - Hero of Dundee and Why Me? The Very Important Emails of Bob Servant.

The fictional character is described on his website as "Scotland's most respected man of letters".

"In the 1970s, his window cleaning round was generally accepted as being the largest in western Europe while his key role in Dundee's cheeseburger wars of the 1980s saw him pushed to national prominence," it adds.

Source BBC

Also reported by Daily Record and The Stage

First look: Karen Gillan as supermodel Jean Shrimpton

Here's the first shot of Amy crossing the Pond, as Karen Gillan takes time out from the Tardis to take on the role of 60s fashion icon Jean Shrimpton.

Gillan stars alongside Aneurin Barnard, as photographer David Bailey, in BBC4 drama We'll Take Manhattan, charting their "explosive love affair" in New York.

The one-off drama centres on a week-long photoshoot Bailey did with Shrimpton in 1962 for Vogue magazine.

Gillan said both Shrimpton and Bailey approved of the project.

"[Jean] left a lovely message saying she really enjoyed it," said Gillan. "David Bailey loved it, too. And they're really honest people so that means something to me."

The star admitted she had been concerned about playing a real person.

"I guess there is more pressure because part of me thinks I should stay true to what this person actually was," said Gillan. "And they're still alive, which is quite a significant thing as well, because they're going to see how you portray them."

We'll Take Manhattan is expected to screen on BBC4 in January

Source: Radio Times