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Is Back really the next Peep Show? In short, Yes!
It was like eating a vast portion of potato chips. Or not.
Justin Harp, Digital Spy, 7th September 2017Back review
Back doesn't have the most straightforward of premises; it takes a bit of setting up. But that's done well, and it's worth the effort, because once you're on top of things, it's an interesting place to be.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 7th September 2017Back, review: the chemistry's still there
Back is far less claustrophobic and far more of an ensemble piece than Peep Show, though some of the acting in the first episode felt a bit too broad.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 7th September 2017Back, episode one - Mitchell and Webb triumph
"Mum's gone for a wicker coffin. Reminds me of the baskets we used to serve pub food in. Dad's like a giant scampi." Pitch-black comedy Back (Channel 4) began with a death in the family and immediately found the funny side.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 7th September 2017David Mitchell and Robert Webb's Back review
If David Mitchell and Robert Webb are a pair haunted by the success of their first sitcom Peep Show then they've put the ghosts to work in their second one.
Matt Baylis, The Daily Express, 7th September 2017Back: One of the best new shows of the autumn
What's Andrew up to? Is he just a chancer or is he much worse than that? Waiting to find out adds an intriguing, almost psychological-thriller element to what already looks like being one of the best new shows of the autumn.
James Walton, The Spectator, 7th September 2017Review: Back
It's a set-up perfectly designed to milk David Mitchell's speciality - the outraged loser - to the max and it's the scenes where Stephen is, at one point almost literally, swimming in the piss-poor job he's made of his life that give Back its comic class.
Keith Watson, Metro, 7th September 2017Back is laugh-out-loud funny - review
David Mitchell and Robert Webb are literally Back with a new dark comedy on Channel 4.
Ian Hyland, The Mirror, 7th September 2017TV review: Back
David Mitchell and Robert Webb reunite for a new sitcom and, despite the echoes of Peep Show, it looks set to be a pin-sharp comic delight.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 7th September 2017Play That Goes Wrong announces new tour and extension
The Play That Goes Wrong has announced a new UK tour to 35 venues throughout 2018, as well as a West End extension at the Duchess Theatre.
What's On Stage, 7th September 2017James Corden wins 1st ever Rose d'Or entertainer award
James Corden will get the first ever entertainer of the year prize at Europe's Rose d'Or Awards.
BBC, 7th September 2017Back is a promising imposter comedy
David Mitchell could just stand there and pull a face - you know, that face - and I'd be happy.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 7th September 2017Alex Horne interview
Alex Horne's an unusual entertainer. Unusual in his preference for somewhat unfashionable but quirkily effective pun-heavy material. Unusual in drifting from stand-up in the face of consistently strong reviews. And unusual in his current ability to get programme commissioners to climb over each other to turn his latest ideas into TV gold.
Ian Cater, What's On London, 7th September 2017Alex Boardman: What Eric Said, review
Overall this was a fun night of comedy that left everyone entertained. If it were a game of football it wouldn't be the first match on Match of the Day, but it would surely be the second!
Matt Forrest, The Reviews Hub, 7th September 2017David Mitchell interview
We took the actor and comedian aside and talked to him about, among other things, his conspicuous policy of not taking cocaine.
Ralph Jones, ShortList, 7th September 2017Producers back ITV comedy
Senior comedy figures behind Peter Kay's Car Share, Vicious and Benidorm have hit back at Kevin Lygo's claims that the future of scripted comedy on ITV is "bleak".
Miranda Blazeby, Broadcast, 7th September 2017Videos
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Women Talking About Cars
Series 2, Episode 1 - Sheila HancockThis programme uses the cars that actress and writer Sheila Hancock has known to take us on a trip through her remarkable life.
8pm30 min
Eat Your Heart Out With Nick Helm
Episode 5 - BerlinNick journeys to Berlin to reinvent himself with help from Gemma Whelan.
8pm60 min
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Series 6, Episode 2Rob Brydon, Emma Bunton and Carol Vorderman join funnyman Lee Mack to challenge more improbable facts. Using whatever wacky means possible, they'll be testing whether parents can tell if their kids are lying, whether you can control someone's hand with your brain and if just one spoonful of olive oil can calm an entire lake.
8:30pm30 min
Eat Your Heart Out With Nick Helm
Episode 6 - St. AlbansNick returns to his family home town of St Albans for waffles with bacon, followed by a visit to his parents' house for his mum's prawn lasagne and a shoulder to cry on.
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Bunk Bed
Series 4, Episode 3Patrick Marber and Peter Curran's critically acclaimed talk through the darkness returns.