Robert Webb

Quiz show producers looking to make cuts: why not do away with researchers altogether? Alexander Armstrong invites Robert Webb, Katy Brand and Griff Rhys Jones to not only answer some QI-style questions, but to come up with their own questions too. As Webb, grabbing the hand that feeds and munching it like a corncob, says: "We all know where we are. This channel isn't called David." If the pilot doesn't grab your attention, the tossed-together studio set might: a derangement of union flag coffee table and skyline glimpsed through American chatshow blinds.

Hosting knockabout comedy quizzes is a useful sideline for Alexander Armstrong. But despite being the most comfortable host of Have I Got News for You, he doesn't always strike gold (Best of the Worst, Don't Call Me Stupid). Maybe this quiz pilot will change his fortunes. Contestants (Robert Webb, Katy Brand and Griff Rhys Jones) gain points for devising a question that will flummox the others, while Dave (Come Dine with Me) Lamb chips in from the "Fact Bunker". It's more Reithian than the average panel show, but the best bits are the detours: Webb goading Armstrong with "I like it when you do your One Show voice", and Jones looking peeved with a low score for one of his jokes.

Robert Webb becomes a father for the second time

Peep Show star Robert Webb has become a dad again - after his wife gave birth to their second daughter.

Webb: Playwright in pyjamas who took my breath away

If my daughters ever decide to go into comedy, I hope I'll be understanding, says Robert Webb.

Red Nose Day is good thing, but that won't stop moaning

Telethons are like line-dancing - boring and embarrassing unless you join in, writes Robert Webb.

Numberwrong

According to Robert Webb, BBC Three genuinely asked him and David Mitchell to present a real version of their impossibly nonsensical quiz show sketch, Numberwang.

It looks like this could be the end for flat-sharers Mark and Jeremy when Jez announces on New Year's Eve that he's moving out. Mark (David Mitchell) is surprisingly philosophical, as his mate's absence means he can at last finish his great work, "The Business Secrets of the Pharaohs". It's the last episode in the series, and it's packed with tiny treasures, including Jez's (Robert Webb) demand that Mark should party: "Shake your booty, tonight even Paxman's out!"

If you've already overdosed on seasonal goodwill and need to sharpen your jaded nerves on a bit of black comedy, then welcome to Peep Show and an excruciating Christmas with socially inept flatmates Mark and Jeremy. The day doesn't start well when Mark (David Mitchell) gives an overexcited Jez (Robert Webb) awful gifts: a pair of cooking tongs and his Scotrail sleep mask from an overnight rail journey. The febrile atmosphere in the household isn't helped by Mark's nervousness as he prepares to host his first family Christmas with his ghastly parents and sister: "I'm in charge! I've launched the Christmas putsch. I carve the turkey!" It's painfully, bleakly comic and forms the centrepiece of Peep Show Night, which features a documentary about what has turned out to be Channel 4's longest-running comedy, with two classic episodes chosen by Mitchell and Webb.

Crack open the Pringles and settle back for a few hours of brilliantly scripted comedy as David Mitchell and Robert Webb take over C4 tonight. Behind-the-scenes documentary Peep Show And Tell kicks things off, followed by the penultimate episode of the current seventh series (in which Mark invites his parents over for Christmas lunch). Then there's a re-airing of two priceless episodes as picked by the viewing public: the one in which Mark marries Sophie and the one where Mark's gastric flu threatens to ruin Jez's magic mushroom party.

A three-hour festive extravaganza for Channel 4's favourite sitcom starring socially inept flatmates Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Telegraph columnist Robert Webb). The evening kicks off with Peep Show & Tell, which explores the comedy's cult appeal through the eyes of cast members, writers and fans. That's followed by the penultimate episode of the current series (at 10.05pm) in which Mark invites his parents for lunch on Christmas Day. Following suit are two classic episodes chosen by Mitchell and Webb - Wedding from series four (10.40pm), and Shrooming from series three (11.15pm). Nice.