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.
Streaming rank this week: 281
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1 - Dance Class
Further details
Jez meets Nancy, an American Christian whom he begins to fall in love with. The two develop a taboo-breaking sexual relationship, although Jez does wonder whether being made to black-up is too offensive.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 12th November 2004
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Webb | Jeremy Usbourne |
| David Mitchell | Mark Corrigan |
| Olivia Colman | Sophie Chapman |
| Paterson Joseph | Alan Johnson |
| Neil Fitzmaurice | Jeff Heaney |
| Elizabeth Marmur | Toni |
| Rachel Blanchard | Nancy |
| John Hodgkinson | Actor |
| David Armand | Actor |
| Stephen Beresford | Actor |
| Cathryn Bradshaw | Actor |
| Alan Westaway | Actor |
| Jesse Armstrong | Writer |
| Sam Bain | Writer |
| David Mitchell | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Robert Webb | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Tristram Shapeero | Director |
| Phil Clarke | Producer |
| Andrew O'Connor | Executive Producer |
| Jesse Armstrong | Associate Producer |
| Sam Bain | Associate Producer |
| Lucien Clayton | Editor |
| Jeff Sherriff | Production Designer |
| Daniel Pemberton | Composer |
Press
Netflix 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 2020C4: erasing creative history is not a quick fix
Critics say removal of problematic TV shows from streaming platforms is an 'arbitrary gesture' that does little to combat racism.
Ellie Harrison, The Independent, 29th June 2020