In a first look at the revival of the comedy series Frasier, Nicholas Lyndhurst is shown drinking pints of beer in a bar with Kelsey Grammer.
Paramount+ announced on Tuesday that the new show, with Grammer reprising the titular role as psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane, has been given an air date in October.
Lyndhurst, who played Rodney Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, will play Frasier’s old college friend turned university professor, Alan Cornwall, as he joins the 10-episode season.
In the new series Frasier returns to Boston, where the character had originally appeared on the US sitcom Cheers, with “new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfil”.
Frasier, the spin-off show set in Seattle, began in 1993. It ran until 2004 and also starred Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, David Hyde Pierce as Dr Niles Crane and Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle.
Often mentioned in the original series, Frasier’s son Freddy has been recast in the Paramount+ show with the British actor Jack Cutmore-Scott, who was in Deception, joining the show.
A new character, Olivia (Toks Olagundoye), Alan’s colleague and head of the university’s psychology department, has also been added. In new images, Olagundoye’s character is seen having a drink with Frasier and Alan, and in another picture the psychologist turned radio host sits on a couch with his son.
Also joining the show is The Expanse star Jess Salgueiro as Freddy’s roommate, Eve, and Anders Keith as Frasier’s nephew David.
A teaser for the show has a new recording of the theme song, Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs, and a promise that there are “no more callers” but “all new hang-ups”.
During its run, the comedy picked up a host of awards and won widespread critical acclaim, with Grammer winning Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for his role. The series has 37 Emmys from 107 nominations overall.
Filmed in front of a live studio audience at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, the show will begin airing on Paramount+ on 12 October in the US and Canada and on 13 October elsewhere.
