Outgoing Doctor Who Peter Capaldi says he’s keen to star as Cyril ‘Blakey’ Blake in hit BBC comedy On The Buses reboot

OUTGOING Doctor Who Peter Capaldi wants to star in a remake of On The Buses.

Capaldi, 59, revealed he was trying to persuade writer Steven Moffat to create a new version of the classic 1970s sitcom.

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Peter Capaldi says he is keen to star in a remake of the hit BBC show On The Buses[/caption]

He said: “I want them to do On The Buses again. I’m trying to encourage them to do it.”

And he said he had his eye on the role of nosy bus inspector Cyril “Blakey” Blake.

He added: “I have got a Blakey in me.”

Moffat, 55, has said he would be interested in remaking the show.

He said: “We are working our way through the classics, so it is bound to come up.”

Capaldi will be replaced by Jodie Whittaker, 35, after his final Doctor Who on Christmas Day.

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The outgoing Doctor Who says he would like to star as the show’s main character Cyril “Blakey” Blake[/caption]

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The actor says he has been trying to persaude writer Steven Moffat to reboot the 1970s sitcom[/caption]

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The sitcom was one of the most popular shows on TV in the 1970s[/caption]

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