The actor, writer and musician Nigel Planer – best known for playing hippie Neil in the BBC comedy The Young Ones – is to publish a poetry collection and memoir. Making Other Plans, as in “poetry is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”, is a collection of poetry he has written over 50 years.

According to Nigel Planer’s website, the poems are “are a blend of the comic, the silly, the serious and the self-pitying rants – though not too many of the latter!” The collection will be available from 24 August, and can be pre-ordered from Manchester’s Flapjack Press.