GRAHAM Seed, best known for playing Nigel Pargetter in The Archers for nearly 30 years is to appear in a classic Alan Ayckbourn comedy in Salisbury.

The radio star will play Ernest in Ayckbourn’s ingenious comedy Bedroom Farce, the first show of the Salisbury Playhouse autumn/winter season.

It will run from Thursday, September 4 to Saturday, October 4 .

Graham, pictured, will play alongside Penelope Beaumont, who recently appeared in Mark Rylance’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at The Old Vic, playing his wife, Delia.

Also among the cast is Mawgan Gyles, who was in last year’s Salisbury Playhouse production of Dangerous Corner, and David Partridge, who last performed at the Playhouse in The Recruiting Officer.

Bedroom Farce takes place in three bedrooms as three couples prepare for a night out.

Each couple is interrupted by the overbearing Susannah and Trevor and their “relationship problems” in one of Ayckbourn’s most popular plays that shines a light on the trials and tribulations of marriage.

Bedroom Farce is directed by Salisbury Playhouse’s artistic director, Gareth Machin, who most recently directed the hit production of Chris Chibnall’s Worst Wedding Ever.

This funny and touching play is performed in the round in the specially reconfigured Main House.

For tickets contact the Box Office on 01722 320333 or visit salisburyplayhouse.com.