At 6ft 8in tall, comedian Greg Davies is no stranger to standing out in a crowd but even by his standards he looked conspicuous when he stepped out in South Oxhey this morning, sporting an open-fronted sparkling blue shirt and tight black trousers.

Davies, 45, who played the menacing head of sixth form Mr Gilbert in The Inbetweeners, was photographed towering over a member of the production crew at around 8am today.

He was filming his new six-part Channel 4 sitcom Man Down - which also stars Rik Mayall - in Bridlington Road.

Davies describes the role as "a dream come true", adding: "I promise that all of the characters will be humiliated at every turn, regularly physically attacked and at some point fully naked in every episode."