Johnny Vegas is suffering from ennui. Comedy doesn’t do it for him any more, he says, which seems fair enough in the circumstances. Most people would feel close to despair at the thought of dressing in a rabbit suit and appearing on
Celebrity Juice (this is an ITV2 show, presented by Keith Lemon, and – life is short – that’s all I’m going to say about it). “I used to be cutting edge!” he wails, backstage, waggling his bunny ears. But alas, his solution to lassitude and despondency isn’t to look for more serious acting work. (Remember how marvellous he was as Krook in Andrew Davies’s 2005 adaptation of