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: 221
Press clippings Page 33
The current crop of Friday night comedies really define the channels they're on. And Peep Show is quintessential Channel 4 - original, daring, current and appreciated only by a tiny minority.
Another series has absolutely flown by and the final episode brings Jez and Mark to yet another crossroads in their perpetually disappointing lives. Sophie is about to give birth to Mark's baby (Tarquin? Geoffrey?) and Elena, the current love of Jez's life, is about to marry her girlfriend, Gail. While Super Hans makes another brief, but brilliant appearance, Mark is persuaded to take driving lessons so that he can drive Sophie to hospital when the time comes, and Jez finds himself fighting off murderous impulses to kill Gail.
In years to come, Peep Show will be seen as the pinnacle of comedy it obviously is. In the meantime, there's series seven to look forward to.
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 23rd October 2009Peep Show series 6 episode 6 review
If they're handing out awards for drunk acting anywhere, somebody please put Robert Webb forward. He single-handedly provided this episode, and, indeed, this or possibly any other Peep Show series, with five of the funniest minutes I have ever witnessed in British comedy.
Mark Oakley, Den Of Geek, 23rd October 2009Peep Show series 6 episode 5 review
Is this the strongest series of Peep Show ever? It's certainly the most self-assured.
Mark Oakley, Den Of Geek, 19th October 2009Peep Show: season six, episode five
A party brings plenty of internal monologues - and just the right amount of revulsion.
Julia Raeside, The Guardian, 17th October 2009Peep Show Episode 6.5 Review
Overall, it almost goes without saying that this was a truly marvelous episode, packed full of memorable moments and lines of dialogue - from Mark's iPod suddenly "shuffling" the party music to a dull speech, Jez describing Mark as "a fusty, sweater-wearing no-fly zone with a ten-foot carrot up [his] arse", the throwaway shot of Super Hans making his snake dizzy in a salad mixer, Mark's unspoken quest to discover who blocked his toilet, and Jez agreeing to be Elena's "human mannequin".
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 17th October 2009Mark's (David Mitchell) impending fatherhood fast approaches in this sitcom about two hapless flatmates whose horrid luck provides consistent amusement for the rest of us. He and Jeremy (Robert Webb) decide to throw a party, each seeing it as an opportunity for romance. Jeremy tries to make his casual lover Elena (Vera Filatova) jealous. Mark, meanwhile, hopes to finally hook in his long-term object of infatuation, Dobby (Isy Suttie).
The Telegraph, 16th October 2009It's Friday, it's 10pm, it's Peep Show. Another effortless visit to the blackly comic lives of Mark and Jez, who this week are planning a party - mainly so Mark can get it on with Dobby again. There are so many effortless one-liners in any episode of Peep Show, it's practically obscene.
Mark Wright, The Stage, 16th October 2009Peep Show series 6 episode 4 review
The mighty Paterson Joseph returns as Peep Show carries on delivering the laughs...
Mark Oakley, Den Of Geek, 12th October 2009Peep Show Episode 6.4 Review
Another marvelously twisted comedy of embarrassment this week, as Mark overheard Jez's new girlfriend Elena talking to her long-term lover... and isn't pleased when it becomes clear Elena wants him to break the news to Jez...
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 11th October 2009Peep Show: season six, episode four
The bad news is Elena is starting to irritate; the good news is the simmering Mark-Johnson sexual tension is back.
Julia Raeside, The Guardian, 10th October 2009