julian barratt plays the actor who plays him. up, balding, doing adverts for orthopaedic socks. he's desperate for a job. the isle of man police get in touch and say, "we have a suspected serial killer who will only speak to mindhorn, the fictional character who he believes is real." so the police say will you please come and play mindhorn for us to help us catch him. immediately, thorncroft he thinks this is a career—reviving opportunity of which he is going to make the most. here's a clip. 0k, here's a list of prompts, so stick to script. and avoid any of these trigger words. "insane, nutjob, mental." blah, blah, blah, the usual stuff. is this the phone? that is the phone. great. that's going to be ok. actually, if you could keep it in its cradle until... just connecting with the props. you're laughing all the way through that. what then happened is he thinks this is going to be a massive publicity opportunity but doing the course of that he meets characters from his old life. essie davis as the person with who he used to co—st