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: 362
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BBC reveal poll of 100 greatest TV shows 21st century
BBC Culture polled 206 TV experts from 43 countries in order to find the greatest TV of the 21st century. The top comedy in the poll was British sitcom Fleabag at 4th. Also in the top 100 are The Office (9th, with the US version at 39th), The Thick Of It (20th), Black Mirror (22nd), Peep Show (42nd), Inside No. 9 (48th), Detectorists (64th) and Catastrophe (96th).
BBC, 19th October 2021Isy Suttie was asked to film a Peep Show movie in USA
Isy Suttie has revealed how close we were to getting a Peep Show movie - and that the comedian is still keen to take part should the chance return.
Chortle, 15th October 2021Robert Webb hopes not to dance to Peep Show theme
The Peep Show star won't be dancing to the sitcom's theme song any time soon on Strictly.
Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 16th September 2021Peep Show creators tried to make a female spin-off with Dobby
Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong began writing a female version of the Channel 4 sitcom, Isy Suttie has confirmed.
British Comedy Guide, 28th July 2021Comfort classic: Peep Show
Steve Clarke can't get enough of this missing link between Men Behaving Badly and Fleabag.
Steve Clarke, Royal Television Society, 8th April 2021Mitchell & Webb want more Peep Show when they're older
David Mitchell and Robert Webb have revealed they're keen to do more Peep Show, but only when they're 'really old'.
Dominic Smithers, Lad Bible, 11th January 2021Robert Webb sells Peep Show T-shirts for charity
Robert Webb is selling four of the T-shirts he wore when he played dissolute slacker Jez in Peep Show. The money raised will go to the Trussell Trust, the charity that supports those in poverty and campaigns for change to end the need for food banks in the UK.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th November 2020Essential episodes: Peep Show
Choosing what is essentially the best ever episode, one that is perfect to show to someone if you want them to become a fan for life, was fairly difficult to do and led to lots of ummming and ahhhhhing and various other strange very British noises. But in the end I chose season two's second episode, "Jeremy Makes It", as it contains the characters at their funniest, is a great introduction to their various neuroses, and features a number of extremely memorable moments.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 19th November 2020Beyond Spitting Image - more BritBox comedies available
Classic satirical comedy Spitting Image has just been revived for a new generation on BritBox. This is BritBox's first original commission, but there are also plenty of classic comedies available on the streaming service, which also features some of the best shows that have aired on the BBC, C4 and ITV over the years.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th October 2020What's the optimum number of series for a sitcom?
We try to pinpoint the TV comedy sweet spot, where 'sharp and consistent' has yet to become 'laboured and cliched'.
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 27th July 2020