Like many people, I’ve come to The Mighty Boosh through the DVDs, and so am *very* excited to finally be able to sit down infront of the telly and see a brand new episode, the very first time it airs. The cultish love of The Mighty Boosh means it isn’t like other current comedy shows – writer/stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding are more akin to the lead singer and guitarist of some uber-cool north London indie band than, say, Mitchell and Webb. As such, there’s a certain buzz about the return of the show, which will air on BBC Three next month.

The second series saw Howard (Barratt) and Vince (Fielding) move out of the zoo that had been their home both on Radio 4 and the first TV series, and into a fabulous retro flat. This time they’re working at the Nabootique – a second hand store run by shaman Naboo (Mike Fielding, Noel’s brother) which is really a front “for his shady interplanetary Shaman business.”

They may have gone back to a more traditional setting (four candles and a dead parrot anyone?) but looking at the episode summaries, this series will be as weird as ever – possibly more so. Howard is shrunk down and injected into Vince’s bloodstream to save him from infection by the Jazz Beast, Vince becomes friends with the Crack Fox, and Howard battles with Sammy The Crab to get a role with famous director Jurgen Harbourmaster. Just another day at the office, then.

Fans will be gald to see that not only is the Hitcher back (Noel seems to love playing him so much that that was probably to be expected) but shamans Saboo (Richard Ayoade) and Tony Harrison – two of the most successful new characters from the second series – will also be returning. As a bit of an obsessive myself, I’ve got my own hopes and expectations for the series. Series two might have been more adventurous than the first, but that meant that the rambling, free-flowing dialogues between Howard and Vince were less in evidence – hopefully a more fixed setting will mean that we get a bit of this back.