Writer and producer Chris Heath launches sitcom podcast

Award-winning writer and producer Chris Heath has launched a brand-new audio sitcom, Cat/Person.

The podcast is a series of overheard conversations between a broken man called Matthew and his sarcastic, selfish, sociopathic rescue cat, Hobson.

Cat/Person captures the kind of relentless emotional hazing that cats love to lavish on their eager-to-please ‘owners’.

Matthew is doing his best to keep himself from falling into a black hole following an unhappy divorce. To get him through the dark days, his friends recommend that he gets himself an emotional support animal.

Unfortunately, after a trip to the local animal shelter, he chooses Hobson, a rescue cat. Matthew is sentimental, messy and lonely. Hobson is hungry and is insisting on a treat. Immediately.

Each episode includes a selection of conversations between human and cat, as Matthew tries his best to navigate his new life, with Hobson conveniently on-hand to point out just how badly he’s doing at it.

Matthew is played by Chris and Hobson is played by actor and writer Sue Vincent. Chris is responsible for creating and writing two series of The World According To Grandpa on Milkshake!

He also wrote two series of the BBC Radio 4 sitcom, Clement Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (with Marc Haynes) and has written for comics like Sir Lenny Henry, Marcus Brigstocke, Roland Rat and Paddy McGuinness.

In addition, he has created formats for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and CBBC, including Holiday of my Lifetime with Len Goodman and The TV That Made Me with Brian Conley.

Sue’s most recent TV appearance was in the second series of Channel 5  and ACORN TV’s smash hit The Madame Blanc Mysteries which she co-wrote and starred in alongside Sally Lindsay, while later this year she will feature alongside Ross Kemp in Channel 5’s new four-part thriller Blindspot.

Chris said: “At last, I’ve stumbled on the perfect sitcom. It’s proving itself just as popular with people (like me) who love cats as it is with people who hate the bloody things!”

Sue added: “Being the voice of Hobson is an absolute joy. Cat/Person is the perfect blend of belly laughter and tears. The relationship between a man and his cat is a complex one, especially when it’s a cat with an ego.”

The first 3-episode mini-series of Cat/Person is available from all major podcast platforms now, with more to be added in September.