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Sam Bain
Sam Bain

Sam Bain

  • 53 years old
  • British
  • Writer and executive producer

Press clippings

20 years of Peep Show - the comedy that broke all the rules

Hugo Rifkind talks to Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, the creators of Channel 4's longest-running sitcom, about Mitchell, Webb and the dark genius of Super Hans.

Hugo Rifkind, The Times, 8th February 2024

Peep Show could have been a stage show co-creator Sam Bain reveals

Peep Show could have been turned into a stage show, co-creator Sam Bain has revealed, but the POV perspective of the sitcom thwarted plans to adapt it.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd September 2023

'Peep Show is about consistently stubbing your toe against life': The sitcom at 20 by its creators and stars

David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Sam Bain and more talk to Ellie Harrison about the cult hit's 'circus of anxiety' and 'massive rudeness', plus all of those Succession comparisons, and the most excruciating filming moments.

Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 19th September 2023

The stars of Peep Show look back, 20 years later

It launched the careers of Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, Mitchell and Webb, plus Olivia Colman - but it nearly got cancelled. Two decades since its first episode, its stars reflect on the show that made them

Sean Cole, The Guardian, 18th September 2023

Apple's Still Up to launch on 22nd September

Apple TV+ has announced the September launch date for its latest British comedy, Still Up.

British Comedy Guide, 9th August 2023

Filming underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls

Filming is underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls, in which she stars alongside her real-life sister Lizzie Davidson and Louise Brealey. Simon Bird directs the loosely autobiographical comedy about a dysfunctional family trying to piece their lives back together after their father walks out on them.

British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2023

Peep Show gets another US remake

Peep Show is getting its fifth attempt at a US remake, a gender-swapped version from Atlanta writer Stefani Robinson which "follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant and her boss, an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur".

British Comedy Guide, 14th December 2022

Michelle de Swarte lands BBC modelling comedy

Michelle de Swarte is writing and set to star in a BBC comedy drama based upon her former life as a catwalk model, High End Homeless.

British Comedy Guide, 13th December 2022

Adam Kay writing Med School series for Netflix

Adam Kay is developing Med School, a Netflix comedy drama based on his medical school experiences, made by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's production company.

British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022

BBC orders 'Henpocalypse!' series

The BBC has ordered Henpocalypse!, a sitcom about five women on a hen weekend that takes place during the apocalypse, who must then survive in a world in where most of the population has been wiped out.

British Comedy Guide, 6th July 2022

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