Robert Lindsay's new spy role

14 October 2011 Last updated at 08:12 ET Help

Robert Lindsay is making a television return after finishing with My Family on its 11th and last season.

He has taken on a role as MI5 chief, The Examiner, in a new sitcom, Spy.

He told BBC Breakfast that he has been told he resembles Lord Alan Sugar in the role.

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