Brand new CBBC sitcom 'High Hoops' starts at 6.25pm tonight. The 10-part series, which is set in a high school in West Yorkshire, follows the fortunes of the Vipers, a hopeless school basketball team, who are determined their luck will change when new girl Aoife joins the team.
The show's official synopsis describes it as a show about "determination, finding your tribe, and being true to yourself".
Robert Webb stars as the stern Headmaster Mr Holt, who, in a recent interview, described his character as "aggressive, competitive, angry. He's one of those teachers who is still using sarcasm as his main form of communication, probably as his teachers did to him in the 1980s. All of the excellent teacher training that happened between then and now seems to have just passed him by. He still speaks to the kids, particularly Aoife, really quite disrespectfully, which is lots of fun for me."
He went on to talk about what attracted him to the series saying, "I thought it was really funny, and I thought the scripts were good, and I particularly liked Mr Holt because I just get to run around being angry, and I got to grow a moustache, which I've always wanted to."
The show also sees Robert reunited with his Peep Show co-star Isy Suttie, who plays Aoife's mum Brid.
Read and watch the full interview here.
All episodes, as well as a preview trailer, are available now on BBC iPlayer.
Robert Webb is available for voiceovers from Anthea Represents. Click his image for his profile page and voiceover showreel.
