Press clippings Page 23
Is Back really the next Peep Show? In short, Yes!
It was like eating a vast portion of potato chips. Or not.
Justin Harp, Digital Spy, 7th September 2017Back review
Back doesn't have the most straightforward of premises; it takes a bit of setting up. But that's done well, and it's worth the effort, because once you're on top of things, it's an interesting place to be.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 7th September 2017Back, review: the chemistry's still there
Back is far less claustrophobic and far more of an ensemble piece than Peep Show, though some of the acting in the first episode felt a bit too broad.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 7th September 2017Back, episode one - Mitchell and Webb triumph
"Mum's gone for a wicker coffin. Reminds me of the baskets we used to serve pub food in. Dad's like a giant scampi." Pitch-black comedy Back (Channel 4) began with a death in the family and immediately found the funny side.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 7th September 2017David Mitchell and Robert Webb's Back review
If David Mitchell and Robert Webb are a pair haunted by the success of their first sitcom Peep Show then they've put the ghosts to work in their second one.
Matt Baylis, The Daily Express, 7th September 2017Back: One of the best new shows of the autumn
What's Andrew up to? Is he just a chancer or is he much worse than that? Waiting to find out adds an intriguing, almost psychological-thriller element to what already looks like being one of the best new shows of the autumn.
James Walton, The Spectator, 7th September 2017Review: Back
It's a set-up perfectly designed to milk David Mitchell's speciality - the outraged loser - to the max and it's the scenes where Stephen is, at one point almost literally, swimming in the piss-poor job he's made of his life that give Back its comic class.
Keith Watson, Metro, 7th September 2017Back: TV preview
Back is not Peep Show: The Next Generation. But it also sort of is, inescapably.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th September 2017Interview: Upstart Crow's David Mitchell
Ben Elton's sitcom about Shakespeare, Upstart Crow, which stars Mitchell as The Bard and returns for a second series on BBC2, might be his best work since Blackadder.
James Rampton, The Independent, 6th September 2017Mitchell & Webb are 'Back' in Channel 4's new sitcom
So I'm happy to report that Back bucks Blackadder. This is a confident, charismatic opener of what promises to be a great little series. Here's to British comedy in rude health.
Sarah Kennedy, The Custard TV, 6th September 2017