Ambassadors. Image shows from L to R: Neil Tilly (Robert Webb), Keith Davis (David Mitchell)
Ambassadors

Ambassadors

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC Two
  • 2013
  • 3 episodes (1 series)

Comedy drama starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb as the British ambassador and his Mission deputy who are busy in Tazbekistan. Stars David Mitchell, Debbie Chazen, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Dimsdale, Richard Katz and more.

Press clippings

Greatest Underrated Comedy of the Previous Decade #1

Sometimes you feel a comedy series deserved more recognition, and in the last decade we had quite a few series that never quite reached their full potential, or, through no fault of their own went under the radar.

Rhianna Evans, The Comedy Blog, 22nd January 2020

A look back at: Ambassadors

It was a deeply unsatisfactory end to what was an amazing show.

A Dose Of David Mitchell, 15th April 2019

When sitcom gets serious

I have been thinking about the power of pathos in sitcom.

A Dose Of David Mitchell, 4th October 2018

BBC denies FCO pulled plug on Ambassadors

The BBC confirmed Ambassadors won't be back but insists that it was its decision alone. "In fact, the Foreign Office was a big supporter of the series."

Evening Standard, 3rd December 2014

Should Ambassadors return as a drama?

It was in some ways an odd proposition - it is hard not to expect more laughs from Mitchell & Webb. Even though Ambassadors was funny, it showcased a subtler, more understated comedy than viewers have come to expect from them.

Richard Vine, The Guardian, 13th June 2014

Mitchell & Webb's Ambassadors to return as a drama?

Reports suggest Ambassadors, the series starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, could return for a second series - but as a straight drama.

British Comedy Guide, 10th June 2014

Lessons I learned from watching Ambassadors

Here are some of the lessons I learned from watching Ambassadors...

Everything I Know About The UK..., 10th November 2013

Ambassadors, BBC Two, ep3, review

The script for BBC Two's Ambassadors manages to make David Mitchell and Robert Webb significantly less funny than they are in real life, says Andrew Pettie.

Andrew Pettie, The Telegraph, 7th November 2013

In the final part of James Wood's and Rupert Walters' comedy-drama, the embassy is faced with a potential "Tazbek spring", along with a visit from the president's filthy rich pop-star daughter. The characters' arch observations about diplomatic life in central Asia suggest thorough research, but as arch observations about diplomatic life in central Asia aren't something most of us will howl in recognition at, the whole thing feels like a Mitchell and Webb sketch gone awry: an hour of groundwork-laying and no punchline.

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 6th November 2013

Mitchell and Webb's diplomatic comedy drama goes out with a bang as revolting Tazbeks tangle with presidential armed forces.

British ambassador Keith Davis (David Mitchell) is whimpering on the neutral sidelines but luckily for the oppressed locals, wife Jennifer (Keeley Hawes) has enough empathy to make up for her husband and does what she can to rally support for the humanitarian cause.

As for deputy Neil Tilly (Robert Webb), he's got his hands full with a fierce Foreign Office interrogation specialist on a mission to ferret out spies in high places.

Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 6th November 2013

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