Press clippings
High Hoops to return to CBBC for Series 2
High Hoops, CBBC's new basketball-based comedy starring Robert Webb and Isy Suttie, has been commissioned for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 17th March 2025Can Mitchell & Webb revive the sketch show?
As David Mitchell and Robert Webb begin shooting a new comedy show for Channel 4, Dominic Maxwell finds out why sketch shows fell out of fashion in the first place.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 6th March 2025Bruiser: The most important comedy show you've never heard of
Bruiser is the off-beat, lo-fi sketch show that launched the careers of Olivia Colman, Martin Freeman, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, and more.
Tom Nicholson, i Newspaper, 28th February 2025Mitchell & Webb return to sketch on Channel 4
David Mitchell and Robert Webb are reuniting to make a new sketch show for Channel 4.
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2025Netflix 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 2024Mitchell & Webb sitcom Back to be adapted by HBO
Back, the 2017 to 2021 Channel 4 sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, is set to be re-made for American audiences by HBO.
British Comedy Guide, 1st October 2024Robert Webb & Isy Suttie reunite for CBBC basketball sitcom High Hoops
Robert Webb and Isy Suttie are reuniting for High Hoops, a CBBC sitcom about a hopeless school basketball team and their new player aiming to turn their fortunes around.
British Comedy Guide, 21st June 2024Bruiser: The excellent British comedy that preceded Peep Show
With additional writing assistance from the likes of Richard Ayoade and Ricky Gervais, Bruiser served as Mitchell & Webb's breakthrough on television and led to their appearance in Peep Show, plus their other widely celebrated sketch show That Mitchell And Webb Look, which cemented their status as two of 21st-century British comedy's most significant names.
Thomas Leatham, Far Out, 20th March 2024Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery review
All-star cast meet gruesome ends straight out of Midsomer Murders.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 18th December 2023Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery review
Even aside from the fnar fnar gags about bed-hopping villagers, the humour in this easily digested comedy is broader than a snowman's smile.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 17th December 2023