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Peep Show. Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb). Copyright: Objective Productions
Robert Webb

Robert Webb

  • 52 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer

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Back 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 2017

David Mitchell and Robert Webb star in this new comedy-drama from Peep Show co-writer Simon Blackwell. Mitchell is put-upon Stephen, stepping uneasily into the shoes of his universally liked dead father, while Webb is Andrew, Stephen's one-time foster brother, returning after 30 years with a portfolio of lived experience and effortless charm. With a dark undercurrent beneath its cosy surface, Back could easily become a modern Ever Decreasing Circles.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 6th September 2017

Celebrate 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

Preview - Back

David Mitchell and Robert Webb return with a new Channel 4 sitcom from one of the writers of The Thick of It.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 6th September 2017

Back: TV preview

Back is not Peep Show: The Next Generation. But it also sort of is, inescapably.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 6th September 2017

Mitchell & 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

Robert Webb interview

"Men are embarrassed about even the best emotions".

Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 6th September 2017

Mitchell & Webb: 'We mustn't destroy all of our comedy'

In their first post-Peep Show outing, David Mitchell and Robert Webb are back with Back, a ghost-story about two brothers in a country pub. They rant about cream tea, the perils of Twitter - and whether sitcoms are doomed.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 5th September 2017

Peep Show could return to TV, David Mitchell reveals

Modern sitcom classic could potentially return to catch up with Jez and Mark - but fans may have to wait.

Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 5th September 2017

TV preview: Back, C4

Let's be crystal clear about this. Back is not Peep Show - What Happened Next? David Mitchell plays a feckless, inept man-child and Robert Webb plays a hopeless charmer who can't help cocking up and landing on his feet, but that's where the similarity ends. Almost.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th September 2017

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