Press clippings Page 5
Robert Webb interview
'The doctor said my heart was about to fail. That got my attention'.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 7th January 2021Would I lie to you about the greatest comedy on TV?
It is hard at times like this to hang on to your sense of fun. It can feel, as crisis leads to ray of hope and back again to crisis, as if there is nothing left to laugh about. Thank heavens, then, for Would I Lie To You?, the most consistently funny, consistently joyful television show of the century. Why should I make wild claims for what is, after all, a parlour game, a panel show, a bit of fluff? Because now more than ever we need to seize on to what unites us.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 5th January 2021David Mitchell and Robert Webb interview
As Back returns for a second series, the comedy duo play career 'Top Trumps' and fear for the future of the great British pub.
Chris Harvey, The Telegraph, 28th December 2020Back on track: the Mitchell and Webb sitcom returns
Simon Blackwell's show has been beset by delays, but it may have saved Webb's life.
Benji Wilson, The Sunday Times, 27th December 2020Robert Webb sells Peep Show T-shirts for charity
Robert Webb is selling four of the T-shirts he wore when he played dissolute slacker Jez in Peep Show. The money raised will go to the Trussell Trust, the charity that supports those in poverty and campaigns for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th November 2020Essential 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 2020The brilliance of Peep Show (2003-2015)
It's been five years since the 'El Dude Brothers' last graced our TV screens. Written primarily by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain with David Mitchell and Robert Webb spearheading the project, it is justly Channel 4's longest running comedy show in its history. Famed for its ambitious use of the first person perspective and interior monologue, this cult classic proves to depict the glory of British humour and British sitcoms generally.
Keith Mulopo, The Boar, 20th July 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 2020Books: Robert Webb steps back in time
If Come Again sounds outlandish, that's because it is, but it's unabashedly so.
Chris Dobson, The Herald, 16th May 2020Robert Webb on tensions with David Mitchell
"David Mitchell and I never fell out exactly but my goodness there were punchy silences."
The Irish News, 23rd April 2020