Feline GROOVY

DAVID BADDIEL on his pawsome new series celebrating cats

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David Baddiel is a lifelong cat lover and has owned a number of memorable moggies over the years. So the comedian and presenter has long been baffled over why there are so many shows on TV about dogs, while cats seemingly get overlooked. He's now hoping to redress the imbalance in his new three-part C4 series David Baddiel: Cat Man, in which he puts the spotlight on felines, examining their unique behaviours, tackling misconceptions about them and meeting fellow celebrity moggie owners. Here, David, 61, tells TV Times just why cats make the purrfect companions...

Have you always been keen to make a series about cats?