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Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell), Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb). Copyright: Objective Productions
Peep Show

Peep Show

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2003 - 2015
  • 54 episodes (9 series)

Sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb as a pair of socially dysfunctional flatmates with little else in common. Also features Olivia Colman, Matt King, Paterson Joseph, Neil Fitzmaurice, Elizabeth Marmur and more.

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Series 1, Episode 2 - The Interview

Mark decides that Jeremy needs a job, because he is behind with his rent, so he gets him a job application for JLB Finance. Mark then goes to work to carry on his flirtation with Sophie via post-it notes cartoons.

Further details

That evening Mark makes a kak-handed phone call to Sophie. Jeremy turns up for his interview and tries to come across as an 'unemployable freak' which helps him achieve his aim of not getting the job.

Mark experiences further awkwardness with Sophie having to disown the previous night's phone call saying that Jeremy sometimes makes him say things 'with a breadknife'.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 26th September 2003
Channel
Channel 4
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Robert Webb Jeremy Usbourne
David Mitchell Mark Corrigan
Olivia Colman Sophie Chapman
Matt King Super Hans
Neil Fitzmaurice Jeff Heaney
Elizabeth Marmur Toni
Guest cast
Nat Jenkins Actor
Sandy Walsh Actor
Writing team
Jesse Armstrong Writer
Sam Bain Writer
David Mitchell Writer (Additional Material)
Robert Webb Writer (Additional Material)
John Finnemore Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Jeremy Wooding Director
Phil Clarke Producer
Andrew O'Connor Executive Producer
Jesse Armstrong Associate Producer
Sam Bain Associate Producer
Lucien Clayton Editor
Stefan Stuckert Editor
Jeff Sherriff Production Designer
Daniel Pemberton Composer
Jonathan Whitehead Composer

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