WOULD you Adam and Eve it?

Comedian Peter Kay is starring in new BBC Two comedy drama Cradle to Grave — with a cockney accent.

The funnyman has ditched his Bolton accent for the adaptation of comedy writer and radio DJ Danny Baker's autobiography, Going To Sea In a Sieve.

Set over eight episodes, the series, which Baker co-wrote with Jeff Pope, follows the Baker family — including his docker dad Fred, played by Peter Kay, and long suffering mum Bet, played by EastEnders' Lucy Speed.

The Farnworth-born comedian can be heard saying phrases like, "I've never heard anything like it in all my life" — but minus his recognisable northern tones.

Co-writer Jeff Pope said Peter, best known for Phoenix Nights, was a perfectionist.

He said: "I did think it was like putting Kryptonite in Superman's pocket. Was taking Peter out of Lancashire a bit like cutting Sansom's hair? I'm pleased to report it's not at all.

"One thing about Peter is he is a perfectionist and not only did he want to do a Cockney accent, he wanted to do a south-east London one and he's done it."

The comedian was spotted filming scenes from the series in Horwich earlier this year.

When the show was announced, the 42-year-old said: "I am thrilled and honoured to be involved in a project of this scale.

"I've never known anything like it before, eight period half-hour episodes, shot as feature films and written to an extremely high standard by Danny Baker and Jeff Pope. It's an exciting time."

Danny Baker said: "To see your life played out by actors is always going to be peculiar. I always knew these stories were thunderingly entertaining incidents and that I seemed to be hurtling through a particularly unpredictable, high-velocity life peopled by extraordinary characters. Now here they are.

"This will be a fantastic, rich voyage back to a boisterous often maligned era, true tales told large — a strong family in a magnificent working class community just getting on with life."

Cradle to the Grave is on BBC2, 9pm on Thursday, September 3.