Just over a year ago we brought you news of a new ITV comedy starring Martin Freeman, called Boy Meets Girl. It was slated to be a genre swap comedy drama, and looked interesting and a welcome addition to ITV's slate of homegrown shows (although its recent record in comedy is nothing to write home about). I received the press pack this morning, so it's safe to say that its arrival must be pretty imminent and we can fill in some blanks. Find out more after the jumper...

See our orginal story here.

First things first, Boy Meets Girl (a four-parter, to be broadcast in early May) not only stars Martin Freeman but also the lovely Rachael Stirling, Ashes To Ashes' Marshall Lancaster and Waterloo Road's Angela Griffin. And there's Paterson Joseph too.

Freeman plays dreamer Danny Reed, whose life is turned upside down when he is struck by lightning and wakes to find himself trapped in a woman's body.

Instead of being a scruffy DIY store worker with no prospects, he has now swapped lives with glamorous female fashion journalist Veronica Burton, played by Stirling.

Danny suddenly has to learn how to walk in stilettos and put on a bra, how to deal with the amorous advances of Veronica's boyfriend Jay (Joseph) and how to pass himself off as a fashion expert while also trying to find out what has happened to his old self.

That's what the press pack says. So does this mean we won't see too much of Freeman himself, and his presence will be restricted to interior monolgues only? And what about Stirling? She's flipping gorgeous. Will she just be acting and not speaking? For both Freeman and especially Stirling, it sounds like quite a tough acting gig. Sounds interesting, if a well-worn idea. Let's see what Freeman himself has to say:

Tell us about Boy Meets Girl
Boy meets Girl is a four part drama that charts the progress of Veronica and Danny after an accident which causes them to swap minds. I play Veronica trapped in Danny's body - trying to find out where I came from and who I am.

Are Veronica and Danny very different?
Yes, not only are they different sex, they're very different people. Danny is a working class believer in conspiracy theories and Veronica is a fashion journalist. Danny would see Veronica as a surface air head and I'm sure she would see him as a common little thug.

You play a woman trapped in a man's body - what research did you do for the role?
I had a few meetings with an acting teacher who gave me some clues about female physicality and how it's different to male physicality. Of course all women are different but there are some things that hold true, such as the way a woman carries herself and the way a woman speaks. Voice projection is very different, and it's very easy to get it wrong and end up being a bit too panto. It was very helpful to have someone say put your chin down, make your chest softer, use your head less and use your eyes more, because those are little clues that I wouldn't necessarily have picked up on.

Do you feel you learnt what its like to be a woman from playing this part?
I learnt less about what it is to be a woman and more about observation, and the technicalities of being a woman. As an actor it's my job to observe things and to distil them. I didn't come away thinking I know what it is to be a woman, but as an actor I learnt about building a different physicality.

How is Boy Meets Girl unique?
It doesn't have any of the clichés of gender swapping dramas - it could have been quite facile but I think it works because I've got a bit of femininity about me and Rachael has a bit of boyishness about her.

Was there anything about being a woman that appealed to you?
Being purely superficial about it, women have got a better choice of shoes! I don't envy the heels - it's a mission to walk in heels.

Did you and Rachael study each other to help you get more into character?
We did, but we weren't around each other that often and you don't see much of Veronica or Danny before the accident so there wasn't much for us to go on. We did tape each other acting the scenes to pick up physical clues.

What is next for you after Boy Meets Girl?
I've just finished filming a contemporary remake of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock for the BBC in Wales. I'm playing Sherlock Holmes. It's a great cast and a thrilling, funny, fast paced take on the crime drama genre set in the present day London.