Radio 4 is to broadcast a programme telling the story of viral sensation Michael Spicer, better known as the Room Next Door Man, the comic creation who tries to advise public figures what to say with varying degrees of success.

Michael Spicer: Before Next Door will air on Radio 4 on Thursday 18 June at 11pm and tells the story of what happens when a socially awkward and neurotic part-time comedian becomes a global internet sensation.