Sam Bain

End of Peep Show: 'Super Hans took the sofa' - video

At a Guardian Live preview screening of the final series of Peep Show, David Mitchell and Robert Webb reveal what they took from the set and we find out who got the coveted horse biscuit tin. Mitchell and Webb were joined by writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain and chair Julia Raeside from The Guardian to discuss the final series of Peep Show at a Guardian Members' event at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 5 November 2015.

TV review: Peep Showback on top, awkward form

The joy of Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain's Peep Show is the way the characters vocalise internally what everyone thinks but no one would say.

David Mitchell: 'POV is a stupid way to film' - video

At a Guardian Live preview screening of the final series of Peep Show, David Mitchell and Robert Webb explain why the show's trademark point-of-view filming method was a terrible idea - something that became clear one afternoon while driving round a roundabout in Croydon...

Mitchell and Webb were joined by writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain to discuss the final series of Peep Show at a Guardian Members' event at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 5 November 2015.

Sam Bain writing tips

As Peep Show prepares for its ninth and final season, co-creator Sam Bain explains how to write a hit sitcom - and when to stop.

Radio Times review

It's been more than three years since we last visited Croydon's gruesome twosome Jez (Robert Webb) and David Mitchell's Mark. The unscrupulous Jez was declaring himself to Mark's girlfriend Dobby in a field and Mark is still smarting pompously at the betrayal; so much so, in fact, that he has found a new flatmate, cruelly consigning Jez to a billet in druggie Super Hans's bathroom.

As we rejoin the action six months on from the regrettable field-gate, will Jerry (Tim Key) provide Mark with the requisite, er, fun with William Morris documentaries and reading nights in? It isn't long before Jez seeks to wheedle his way back home in what becomes a hilarious tug-of-love for Mark's affections (and spare room)....

Writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong clearly want to raise the bar in this final ever outing of the cult "point-of view" comedy, which started in 2003. The gags are rapier-sharp and, despite all the usual chaos, mayhem and silliness, there is some deft plotting at work here, too.

Matt King's Super Hans is also brought joyously to the fore and it's lovely to be reminded of what a fantastic (and integral) character he is in the peerless world of Peep.

Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on Peep Show

'Hopefully we haven't left them too broken and destroyed'.

Things we've learned from the set of Peep Show series 9

Creator Sam Bain has been posting behind-the-scenes pictures on his Instagram account - but how much new information can we glean about Mark and Jez?

Fresh Meat series 4: things to expect

If you can't wait until later this year to find out what happens to the student gang of Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's Fresh Meat, then you're in luck - one of the cast has given us a few more ideas about what we can expect from the final series (apart from the fact that we'll all be very sad when it ends).

Sam Baines wins What The Frock! prize

Samantha Baines has been crowned the winner of the third What The Frock! Newcomer of the Year Award. The competition was launched in 2012 to champion up and coming female comedy talent, to celebrate and support emerging acts and ultimately help to widen the pool of female comedians on the comedy circuit

Babylon box set review

With Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on board, this comedy-drama makes serious points about police PR cock-ups - and it's really funny, too.