Rachel Blanchard
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Netflix re-edits Peep Show over very controversial scene
Netflix has re-edited a controversial Peep Show scene - although Channel 4 bosses have decided to keep it. The scene in question - featuring Robert Webb's character Jez - first aired in 2004. Series 2 episode Dance Class sees Jez in blackface while he and girlfriend Nancy (Rachel Blanchard) experiment in the bedroom.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 31st October 2024Essential episodes: Peep Show
Choosing what is essentially the best ever episode, one that is perfect to show to someone if you want them to become a fan for life, was fairly difficult to do and led to lots of ummming and ahhhhhing and various other strange very British noises. But in the end I chose season two's second episode, "Jeremy Makes It", as it contains the characters at their funniest, is a great introduction to their various neuroses, and features a number of extremely memorable moments.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 19th November 2020Netflix remove Peep Show scene containing blackface
The scene, which appears in the season two episode "Dance Class", first aired in 2004 and sees Jez (p]Robert Webb]) try to impress love interest Nancy (Rachel Blanchard) by breaking "sexual taboos", including wearing blackface. Jez questions the ethics of wearing blackface, saying that it "feels almost wrong" before asking: "Are you sure this isn't racist?", leading Nancy to reply: "We're breaking a taboo, of course, it feels wrong" and later add: "Jeremy, I come from America. I've seen the problems race brings up." The scene has been cut from the Mitchell and Webb sitcom on Netflix, but is yet to be removed from Channel 4's own catch-up service All4.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 29th June 2020Celebrate Mitchell & Webb with 40 Peep Show quotes
In honour Mitchell and Webb's return with Back, here are 40 funny Peep Show quotes.
The Telegraph, 6th September 2017