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'Peep Show' In The Press...Watching 900 minutes of Peep Show in the space of three weeks really reveals the gruesome, brilliant ebb and flow at its heart. Written by Andrew Pulver. The Guardian, 6th November 2009 The finale to this excellent sixth series wasn't the perfect ending I was primed for, but the last five minutes were as close to comedy bliss as one could hope - if slightly undermined by a lack of resolution. Written by Dan Owen. Dan's Media Digest, 24th October 2009 Peep Show: season six, episode six Well what a series it has been - and it climaxes with another cracking episode, featuring a cliffhanger and, of all things, a stunt. Written by Julia Raeside. The Guardian, 24th October 2009 In Peep Show, Jeremy and Mark venture outdoors - to the park for a picnic to celebrate Elena and Gail's forthcoming nuptials, and later, to the country. I'm not sure Mark and Jeremy really belong outside; certainly not in the countryside. Peep 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. Written by Mark Oakley. Den Of Geek, 23rd October 2009 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. When you're a Peep Show lover, it can be baffling that more people don't fall down and worship one of the current 24-carat gems of British sitcom. More than a million viewers return to it each week, but in telly terms that makes it a cult rather than a roaring hit. You wouldn't be surprised if half those regulars spent their days proselytising, trying to win converts to the cult, one viewer at a time, but I've a feeling it's no use: Peep Show is destined to remain an underappreciated, filthy, sharp-witted, semi-hidden gem. Tonight's final episode (of what's been a belting series) starts in low gear, but ends up as fabulously farcical as ever. Mark is alarmed enough about becoming a father, without the dreaded Jeff trying to edge him out and mum Sophie threatening to call the child Tarquin Oliver Nimrod, a name that sounds, as Mark moans, like "the member of a decaying European dynasty". To earn naming rights, he agrees to learn to drive so he can take Sophie to the hospital on the big day. It's a process that goes almost as badly as Jez's attempt to put the kibosh on Elena's wedding. In other words, not well. David Butcher, The Radio Times, 23rd October 2009 The finale of this latest series ends on a cliffhanger but not before boiling point is reached when Mark's lies about passing his driving test bite him on the backside. With an unwanted baby and an unresolvable love triangle testing the patience of our anti-heroes, this has probably been the bleakest series yet (tonight Mark seriously considers a one-way ticket to Argentina and a face transplant for the sake of his sanity). Nonetheless, it's also been an absolute hoot. Sharon Lougher, Metro, 23rd October 2009 It's sadly the last in the series of the sharp-witted sitcom and Mark (David Mitchell) is worried that Jeff (Neil Fitzmaurice) is becoming a potential rival father to his unborn child. So he decides to learn to drive in order that he can take Sophie (Olivia Colman) to the hospital when the baby arrives. Last in the simply superb sixth series. The nuptials of Elena and Gail draw close, but Jeremy still holds out hope. Meanwhile Mark, fearing Jeff will usurp him, takes driving lessons so he can ferry his gestating former wife to hospital at the crucial hour. With series seven currently under construction, it's comforting to know it isn't the last we'll see of these most excruciating antiheroes. Performances, writing, drum-tight plotting: it's all gone up a notch this year. In the words of Partridge, "Come back Peep Show and play another song." Peep Show series 6 episode 5 review Is this the strongest series of Peep Show ever? It's certainly the most self-assured. Written by Mark Oakley. Den of Geek, 19th October 2009 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". Written by Dan Owen. Dan's Media Digest, 17th October 2009 Peep Show: season six, episode five A party brings plenty of internal monologues - and just the right amount of revulsion. Written by Julia Raeside. The Guardian, 17th October 2009 It'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'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). Peep Show series 6 episode 4 review The mighty Paterson Joseph returns as Peep Show carries on delivering the laughs... Written by Mark Oakley. Den Of Geek, 12th October 2009 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... Written by Dan Owen. Dan's Media Digest, 11th October 2009 Peep 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. Written by Julia Raeside. The Guardian, 10th October 2009 It's series six, but Peep Show remains as fresh and wonderful as ever. It's one of those rare shows where writing and casting work together in tuneful harmony and the results are never then less than superb. How could this series of Peep Show possibly get any better? Written by Jane Simon. The Mirror, 9th October 2009 This sixth series of the sitcom about two hapless flatmates (played by David Mitchell and Robert Webb) continues to be consistently funny so it's good news for fans that a seventh has been commissioned. Tonight, Mark (Mitchell) finds out that Jeremy's (Webb) new Russian girlfriend Elena has a secret but can't bear to break his friend's happiness by spilling the beans. Meanwhile Johnson (Paterson Joseph) gives Mark more food for thought by asking him to go into business. As the pendulum swings back in Jeremy's favour (he's in a happy relationship with Elena the sexy drug dealer) Mark is delighted to find out that she may not be all she first seemed. But will he shatter Jez's illusions? Mark also considers Johnson's offer of a business partnership. The same Johnson who bailed on JLB Credit faster than Mark could say, "There goes the last Beemer out of Saigon." Peep Show series 6 episode 3 review Familiar territory brings rich rewards as Peep Show's sixth series steps up a gear... Written by Mark Oakley. Den Of Geek, 5th October 2009 I think it's safe to say series 6 is already better than last year, and is close to eclipsing the excellent third series if it maintains this quality. Written by Dan Owen. Dan's Media Digest, 3rd October 2009 Peep Show: season six, episode three Jez under the thumb, Mark as tour guide, and the return of Dobby. Is number six the best Peep Show series yet? Written by Julia Raeside. The Guardian, 3rd October 2009 Compare that finely tuned/chewed gag, or Madge's big entrance, to a couple of lines in Peep Show. "Oh my God, there's a baby in there, about the size of a croissant," thinks Mark, looking at Sophie's bump in a cafe. "A terrifying, life-altering crosissant-baby." Croissant-babies! There's nothing obvious about them. Jeremy is in love - so in love that he makes a special trip to Hastings to buy his girlfriend a loaf of her favourite spelt-flour bread. As bakery-based romantic gestures go, you have to admit, it takes some beating. Meanwhile, Mark's devotion to Dobby, the "anxious, self-hating man's crumpet", as he ungallantly describes her, only increases when the full horror of his impending parenthood with Sophie gradually dawns on him. But there is a little light in the darkness, as Mark decides to try for a job leading tourists on guided walks detailing the "mercantile history of the East End... no frills, no wigs, no spin, just telling it like it was." There are so many moments to treasure, most of them unprintable. But if you like your comedy literate, filthy, black and despairing then nothing but Peep Show will do. It's just brilliant. Alison Graham, The Radio Times, 2nd October 2009 Jez is in love with his beautiful neighbour Elena - and an in-love Jez is a totally gorgeous, optimistic thing. "I don't want to tempt fate," he tells Mark contentedly. "But I think everything's going to be totally great for ever." That line demonstrates just one of the long list of things that's so brilliant about Peep Show. This is a comedy where every word, every comma, every tiny curl of the lip has been precision-tooled to perfection and yet it all looks so effortless. Jane Simon, The Mirror, 2nd October 2009 Episode three of this sixth series of the black comedy starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb shows why this is still the funniest British sitcom on TV at the moment. Self-serving Jeremy (Webb) realises that he's in love with Elena (Vera Filatova) and decides to be less selfish to win her affection. Another terrific episode, taking its cue from the great tradition of British farce. For the majority of this half-hour, events were contained within Mark and Jez's tenement block, as the pair grappled with a malfunctioning new boiler and a terrible lie... Written by Dan Owen. Dan's Media Digest, 30th September 2009 Peep Show series 6 episode 2 review Another solid episode this, if not a barnstorming one, but I sense some belters to come. Written by Mark Oakley. Den Of Geek, 28th September 2009 Peep Show: Series six, episode two Mark and Jeremy never keep the girl, but the fact that they get any girl in the first place feels like something of a stretch. Written by Julia Raeside. The Guardian, 28th September 2009 Peep Show! It just gets better and better with every series, doesn't it? This one is fabulous, the filthiest and the funniest thing on telly at the moment by a mile. I'm already worrying about when it finishes: a Friday night without half an hour inside Mark's and Jeremy's sordid minds. Best line in this one goes to Mark: "Why do you insist on seeing the anus as some sort of human USB port, waiting to have all kinds of hardware plugged into it?" Channel 4, Friday night, around 9.50pm: Derren Brown attempts to stick viewers to their sofas. Channel 4, Friday night, 10pm: Peep Show begins with Jez and Mark getting rid of their old sofa. Mark to Jez: "I suppose you never really sat on that sofa much did you/ Maybe just for about 100,000 hours..." Serendipitous scheduling? Canny planning by Objective Productions? Or do Derren's powers go further than we thought...? Broadcast, 25th September 2009 You'd think that Sophie revealing the father of her baby would make for a spectacular enough denouement but this goes one step beyond, thanks to a tissue of baby-related lies Jez has told to the latest apple of his eye and the fact that a malfunctioning boiler is causing Mark to hit, um, boiling point. Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain's script is on particularly good form tonight, with Jez's poem F*** You Bush a corkingly stupid highlight. Sharon Lougher, Metro, 25th September 2009 Socially inept Mark (David Mitchell) once used the Siege of Stalingrad as a template for seduction, so it's hardly surprising he's so hopeless with the ladies. He hasn't learnt his lesson; tonight, when the object of his adoration - shy former workmate Dobby - turns up for a date, he resorts to a plan of attack as he goes in for a kiss: "Time for me to roll in my militarised divisions! We're Roosevelt and Stalin!" It's excruciating and hilarious, as are his housemate Jeremy's (Robert Webb) equally clumsy attempts to romance an attractive Russian woman who lives in the same block of flats. But Mark and Jeremy are at their comical best when they are at their most craven and pathetic. So sit back and get ready to hold your jaw as it drops into your lap when the unfortunate Sophie finally reveals which one of them is the father of her baby. Alison Graham, The Radio Times, 25th September 2009 Hurrah for the return of the Bafta award-winning comedy about two socially inept flatmates. After last week's typically witty first episode in which Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Robert Webb) tried to avoid facing up to the fact that one of them is to become a father, Sophie (Olivia Coleman) finally reveals whose baby she's carrying. But both boys are more interested in pursuing their respective love interests: Mark makes a final play for IT worker Dobby (Isy Suttie) and Jeremy takes a shine to an arty Russian émigré. Into its sixth series, you feel that Peep Show could and should be with us for decades yet, like Last of the Summer Wine, only funny. This week, Mark trains his ever-desperate sights on the ever-wonderful Dobby (Isy Suttie) while Jeremy finds love with the entirely unsuitable Elena, a Russian lover of music and poetry. Sophie, however, appears when it's least convenient and spills the beans about her pregnancy. Long live the Croydon dystopia. Peep Show series 6 episode 1 review Peep Show is back and as strong as ever. Eat my foam, baby! Written by Mark Oakley. Den Of Geek, 21st September 2009 Brown and Peep Show bump C4's ratings C4 had a bumper ratings night on Friday, with Derren Brown's second experiment peaking with 3.4m viewers, and the return of Peep Show scoring record ratings. Written by Kate McMahon. Broadcast, 21st September 2009 Sam Bain 'fears Peep Show decline' One of the writers of Peep Show has admitted that he fears the show could eventually go downhill. Written by Mayer Nissim. Digital Spy, 21st September 2009 Hooray for the return of Peep Show on Friday night, in which Mark lost his job, got bribed by his ex-bosses to abandon his compensation campaign and yet still found himself among the rioters wrecking their premises. Jeremy is beginning to look mature by comparison. Neither, however, wishes to contemplate the horrible truth that one of them is the father of Sophie's forthcoming baby. As Mark says, it's too big. "You can't look at it. It's like the Sun." Well done Peep Show. Each season you find new ways to make me ashamed to be a man. Peep Show returned on Friday - with Jeremy reluctantly taking up a job at JLB International, only to be made redundant - along with everyone else in the business - before it's even time for mid-morning coffee. This was a great disappointment for Mark, who had been hoping to exploit his newly acquired managerial power ("Maybe I could make him wear a little coloured hat like a chimpanzee," he'd mused, as they set off for work). He was also dismayed that Jeremy seemed to feel that a one-and-a-half-hour service record qualified him to be as stunned by dismissal as someone who'd been working his way through the cubicle farm for five long years. "You're freeloading on my trauma! You're a grief thief!" he complained, when Jeremy murmured something collegiate about the shock. It all ended badly after Mark had rallied his employees in rebellion against head office, for the sole purpose of getting Dobby into bed. It all ended badly, that is, in a very good way. The BAFTA-winning comedy Peep Show returned for its sixth series on Friday, with little sense that the quality is slipping. For a British sitcom, this is itself cause for celebration, as most begin to lose their mojo after three years, but the format behind Peep Show (it's all told from the physical perspective of loser flatmates Mark and Jez, a voice-over supplying their innermost thoughts) lends itself to a seemingly inexhaustible supply of tragi-comic misadventures.
A welcome return for the BAFTA-winning sitcom, now in its sixth year and still feeling fresh. You have to commend that longevity in Peep Show, as most British sitcoms, particularly ones with a strong cult following, tend to peter out around the fourth series. Written by Dan Owen. Dan's Media Digest, 19th September 2009 Of course, for many of us, this week was not just some normal, ho-hum weeky week: as unremarkable as April 7-14, say, or, I dunno, February 19-26 inclusive. No. This week was Peep Show week. The return of the sitcom locked in a permanent, and fabulous, battle of champions with The Thick of It to be the definitive show of what we must, still, sighingly, refer to as "the Noughties". Peep and Thick are like the John McEnroe and Björn Borg of comedy - sometimes one triumphs, sometimes the other, but for miles and miles around there's no real competition. No competition at all. That one writer - Jesse Armstrong - works on both lends the very real possibility that he might be the funniest person in Britain. Peep Show - series six, episode one While other contemporary sitcoms have staggered into the gutter, Peep Show still leaves people wanting more. Written by Julia Raeside. The Guardian, 18th September 2009 After last season's highlights‚ Mark's stationery cupboard encounter with Dobby, for one‚ it's hard to imagine that Peep Show has any more human awkwardness left to plumb. Wrong! With money tight, even Jez has sought conventional employment, while the imminent arrival of Sophie's baby gives both pause for paranoid interior monologue. As ever, this is uncomfortable stuff, which paradoxically you don't want to end. Generally, you'd imagine what Mark and Jez get up to couldn't conceivably be as bad as what they're thinking; happily, this new series is on hand to prove us wrong. I'm going to do a Derren Brown now and predict with absolute certainty that the winner of Most Popular Comedy in the National Television Awards in 2010 will NOT be Peep Show. Video: Peep Show 'won't change' for anyone Sam Bain, one of the writer of Peep Show, insists he hasn't been forced to try and chase ratings as the show returns for its sixth series. BBC News, 18th September 2009 The return of one of the finest ever sitcoms in the history of the world ever - fact! Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's darkly comical flat share work of genius starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb is on tip top form as ever. Considering it's on its sixth series, that's no mean feat. Brilliant, inspired stuff! Webb 'delighted' with new Peep Show Robert Webb has claimed that the new series of Peep Show is the best yet. Written by Dan French. Digital Spy, 18th September 2009 Following in the footsteps of Kevin Bishop's cringe-fest, Peep Show is back to remind us (and Channel 4) what TV comedy is all about. With Mark and Jez still co-habiting in Croydon and drowning in each other's apathy, it's clear not much has changed (and of course we wouldn't want it any other way). Mark gets promoted and celebrates by getting a new boiler; and also gets Jez a job at his office, providing a platform for a rather brilliant quote regarding a work / porn incident. One of these idiots might be the father of Sophie's baby (anyone else secretly hoping it's Super Hans?). Recently Robert Webb told us that the thing that gets shouted at him most is "Oi, Peep Show". He sighed. But everyone, including him, knows this is the best thing they've ever done by a country mile. Lovely. Good on Channel 4 for keeping faith with Peep Show, despite viewing figures so small they can barely be seen with the naked eye. Now entering a sixth series, socially inept and emotionally stunted flatmates Mark and Jeremy (David Mitchell and Robert Webb) are trying not to think about the inescapable fact that one of them is the father of pregnant Sophie's baby. Wails Mark, "The baby is too big. You can't look at it. It's like the sun." It's up to the decrepit, drug-addled Super Hans (Matt King), who looks increasingly like a monster in a German Expressionist film, to keep the boys from one another's throats. But Mark's world turns to ashes when there's a fire drill at his office and the egregious Johnson (Paterson Joseph) makes an announcement in the car park. If you know little of Peep Show, then probably nothing short of the offer of a free cruise will persuade you to watch it. If you love it, rest assured, age has not wearied writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's perfect little blackly comic gem. Alison Graham, The Radio Times, 18th September 2009 David Mitchell and Robert Webb return for the sixth series of their sitcom. It continues to follow the life and times of the anorak and the wastrel, although by now the characters are getting longer in the tooth. The credit crunch has hit Croydon, the twentysomethings have turned into thirtysomethings, fatherhood looms on the horizon and the anorak celebrates his promotion at work by splashing out on a boiler. Unlike a classic comedy that appeals to all ages, Peep Show targets a peer group who identify with the preoccupations and insecurities of the characters expressed through internal monologues. "[Its success] has a lot to do with being honest about what your life is like and the reality of living in London," says Mitchell. It's been a busy 2009 for David Mitchell and Robert Webb, what with their sketch show, countless panel games and, perhaps most memorably, cross-dressed Webb prancing his way to victory on the Comic Relief celebrity talent contest Let's Dance. Now the duo return as stars of this ever-improving sitcom. The sixth series finds the hapless flatmates still in denial about one of them fathering Sophie's baby. Mark (Mitchell) wangles Jez (Webb) a job and continues his pursuit of IT girl-geek Dobby. Naturally, his dreams are soon scuppered - this time, by a routine fire drill. After last season's highlights‚ Mark's stationery cupboard encounter with Dobby, for one‚ it's hard to imagine that Peep Show has any more human awkwardness left to plumb. Wrong! With money tight, even Jez has sought conventional employment, while the imminent arrival of Sophie's baby gives both pause for paranoid interior monologue. As ever, this is uncomfortable stuff, which paradoxically you don't want to end. Generally, you'd imagine what Mark and Jez get up to couldn't conceivably be as bad as what they're thinking; happily, this new series is on hand to prove us wrong. An invitation to the Peep Show set to watch the new series being filmed is definitely an offer not to be sniffed at. Written by Andy Welch. Irish Herald, 15th September 2009 Windsor marries Peep Show actress The son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Lord Frederick Windsor, has married actress Sophie Winkleman in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace. BBC, 12th September 2009 David Mitchell and Robert Webb on Peep Show: interview The writing duo behind Channel 4's popular cult sitcom Peep Show talk about the genesis of their Bafta award-winning show. Written by Michael Deacon. Daily Telegraph, 12th September 2009 Paternity muddles, brainwashing cults and a failure to find 'the one': things didn't work out as planned for Mark and Jez in the last series of Peep Show. So what fresh humiliation awaits this time? Grace Dent joins them on set. Written by Grace Dent. The Guardian, 12th September 2009 Interview: David Mitchell, Robert Webb ('Peep Show') With a pair of CVs covering the likes of Peep Show, Magicians and That Mitchell And Webb Look, David Mitchell and Robert Webb have officially cemented themselves as comedy connoisseurs. But with Peep Show series six now upon us - and with a seventh already on the way - are they getting tired of Mark and Jez? And how much longer can the show go on? We caught up with the chaps themselves to find out. Written by Dan French. Digital Spy, 11th September 2009 Peep Show - They're still worth spying on Six series on and Mark and Jeremy are the same old losers, living in one another's pockets. That's the secret of Peep Show's success, David Mitchell and Robert Webb tell James Rampton. Written by James Rampton. The Independent, 11th September 2009 The script editor of Peep Show, Iain Morris, was intrigued to receive a letter informing him that a television crew was filming in his street this week. Especially when it turned out to be the team behind... Peep Show. Pondering why his area was chosen, Morris - who also happens to be the co-creator of The Inbetweeners - told commissioner Andrew Newman: "I think it's the crack dealer/gang special." Broadcast, 21st August 2009 Behind the scenes: Peep Show 6 PICTURE GALLERY: Sam Bain, co-writer of Channel 4 comedy Peep Show, reveals a sneak peek of the new series featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The sixth series, made by Objective Production, will air this autumn. Broadcast, 12th August 2009 Last week the cult comedy hit Peep Show was commissioned for a seventh series, yet three years ago there were rumours circulating that the show would not get a fourth. A reversal of fortune or vindication of Channel 4's then dismissal of reports of the shows' death as greatly exaggerated, if not fabricated? Written by Julian Hall. The Independent, 26th March 2009 Peep Show to return for seventh series Channel 4 has commissioned a seventh series of Bafta-winning sitcom Peep Show before the sixth series has even aired. C4 entertainment and comedy head Andrew Newman confirmed that Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's sitcom would return for a further series, which is slated for next year. It is next due on screens this summer. Written by Robin Parker. Broadcast, 18th March 2009 How many sitcoms do you know that are still funny after five seasons? Particularly British ones, that generally struggle after three. Amazingly, Peep Show has yet to slip up, although this season definitely missed a trick in not making the fallout to Mark's failed marriage more central. Indeed, this year didn't have a strong hook week-to-week, but thankfully ended on a cliffhanger that will ensure season 6 fares much better. It is the texture of the writing that excels. Has anyone rendered the thought-processes of neurotic perpetual-adolescent males with more hilarious precision? To be honest, this has been a rather uneven fifth series of the Croydon flat-mate sitcom. At its best - in the second and fifth episodes - it's been bang on form and hilarious, but it's often been middling, verging on average. There's been the odd great line here and there, but nothing to write home about. Paul Strange, DigiGuide, 6th June 2008 Jessie Armstrong and Sam Bain's sitcom continues to plumb the darker depths of the human condition with blisteringly funny results. The Metro, 23rd May 2008 Peep Show is wonderful, a model of edgy comedy perfection, with sharply brilliant, misanthropic, literate scripts from writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong and perfectly deadpan performances by David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Written by Alison Graham. The Radio Times, 8th May 2008 Unlike the patchy That Mitchell and Webb Look, Peep Show draws on the strengths of writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain. Peep Show returned on Friday evening to further explore the almost limitless sleaziness - moral, physical and intellectual - of Jeremy and Mark. It was Peep Show business as usual, with Mark trying to pass off his fearfulness as moral principle, Jez having no principles at all and almost every line proving quotably great. As always, the writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain have got our thought-processes exactly right. Not many people would vocalise these particular thoughts like Mark and Jez do on this occcasion, but, let's face it, we've all thought something similar. And that, above all else, is Peep Show's enduring success. Things improved radically on Friday with the return of Channel 4's best comedy in the history of laughter. Yes! Peep Show's back!! I only discovered this gem last year but the complete DVD collection now sits proudly displayed on my shelf and I'm reliably informed that makes me immediately cool so way hey! As we return for the fifth series of this engagingly filthy comedy, Mark (David Mitchell) is getting drunk and maudlin on wedding champagne as his flatmate Jeremy (Robert Webb) urges him to go out on a double-date: "Beggars can't be choosers, she's an actual woman." Alison Graham, The Radio Times, 2nd May 2008 Perhaps the most consistently funny British sitcom since The Office Michael Deacon, The Telegraph, 2nd May 2008 The Guardian visits the Peep Show set "Standing in a muddy field on the set of the new fifth series of Peep Show, watching the three main actors chat with one another, something occurs to me. People in general think men are Jez, Peep Show's shallow self-styled libertine; men themselves wish they were Super Hans - tall, confident, elegantly wasted, utterly amoral; but men are really Mark, a highly moral, but sexually repressed conservative whose idea of a good date movie is the four-hour German submarine epic, Das Boot. Written by Ben Marshall. The Guardian, 26th April 2008 Peep Show is the best comedy of the decade A blog entry on The Guardian website claiming Peep Show is the best comedy of the 2000s. Written by David Pollock. The Guardian, 16th April 2007 There's definitely a case for Mitchell and Webb to be on the TV 52 weeks of the year, as long as the quality of their own series and that of Peep Show continues. Last nights second of the new run was excellent, and easily the second funniest show of the day (after, naturally, Have I Got News For You hosted by Bill Bailey)! |
