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David Mitchell and Robert Webb return in the award-winning sitcom for a ninth - and final - series after a gap of almost three years. The show, set around a formerly flat-sharing odd couple, never quite attracted mainstream attention but retains a huge cult following and it is deservedly regarded as one of the best comedies around. Largely because of writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain's unique gift for replicating the needy, self-deluding inner meanderings of the socially awkward mind.
The story picks up six months after Jeremy (Webb) scuppered Mark's (Mitchell) efforts to persuade his girlfriend Dobby to move in with him - with resentment still festering on both sides. But with Jeremy on the brink of homelessness he soon spots common-enemy potential in Mark's new flatmate Jerry (an excellent Tim Key). Add the fact that the once reliably psychotic Super Hans (Matt King) is attempting reform in the shape of "Sober Hans", and Mark's old boss Johnson (Paterson Joseph) has wangled him a job at a payday loan-style bank - and all the elements are in place for six final episodes of tearfully funny musings on human fallibility.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 11th November 2015Peep Show series 9 spoiler-free preview
Ben Dowell got a sneak peek at the last ever series of the David Mitchell and Robert Webb comedy... and he wasn't disappointed.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 11th November 2015Peep Show, TV review
Everything unravelled spectacularly for David Mitchell and Robert Webb in the first episode of the show's final hurrah.
Sally Newall, The Independent, 11th November 2015End of Peep Show: 'Super Hans took the sofa' - video
At a Guardian Live preview screening of the final series of Peep Show, David Mitchell and Robert Webb reveal what they took from the set and we find out who got the coveted horse biscuit tin. Mitchell and Webb were joined by writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain and chair Julia Raeside from The Guardian to discuss the final series of Peep Show at a Guardian Members' event at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 5 November 2015.
Julia Raeside, The Guardian, 10th November 2015Radio Times review
Some of the best Peep Show moments are when the gang go on the road and this trip to East Anglia for Super Hans's wedding is no exception. Dobby (Isy Suttie) has finally come back from New York - but with a smug American boyfriend in tow, to the intense irritation of Mark (David Mitchell).
Jez (Robert Webb) has to reflect on a rather surprising personal discovery that isn't a secret for very long, thanks to the hidden cameras Mark has secreted inside the flat (well, it is called Peep Show after all). Who will be Hans's best man? Will he manage to get through his big day without hitting anyone? And what is his real name? All is revealed in another painfully funny riot of a ride.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 10th November 2015David Mitchell and Robert Webb on their last hurrah
Nine series in and it's the closing curtain for Channel 4's beloved sitcom, Peep Show. As the usual mayhem ensues, Gemma Dunn talks to the stars about their less than sentimental end, objecting to Twitter and their plans for the future.
Gemma Dunn, The Scotsman, 10th November 2015David Mitchell: 'POV is a stupid way to film' - video
At a Guardian Live preview screening of the final series of Peep Show, David Mitchell and Robert Webb explain why the show's trademark point-of-view filming method was a terrible idea - something that became clear one afternoon while driving round a roundabout in Croydon...
Mitchell and Webb were joined by writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain to discuss the final series of Peep Show at a Guardian Members' event at the Greenwood Theatre, London, on 5 November 2015.
The Guardian, 6th November 2015David Mitchell: Twitter is "killing the joy humour"
"We're going through a bad patch in terms of people being very judgemental about jokes," David Mitchell said. "I've been noticing on recent episodes of Have I Got News for You, things that are just pretty reasonable jokes with a bit of edge to them, you can hear the studio audience are going 'gasp!'"
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 6th November 2015Radio Times review
It's been more than three years since we last visited Croydon's gruesome twosome Jez (Robert Webb) and David Mitchell's Mark. The unscrupulous Jez was declaring himself to Mark's girlfriend Dobby in a field and Mark is still smarting pompously at the betrayal; so much so, in fact, that he has found a new flatmate, cruelly consigning Jez to a billet in druggie Super Hans's bathroom.
As we rejoin the action six months on from the regrettable field-gate, will Jerry (Tim Key) provide Mark with the requisite, er, fun with William Morris documentaries and reading nights in? It isn't long before Jez seeks to wheedle his way back home in what becomes a hilarious tug-of-love for Mark's affections (and spare room)....
Writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong clearly want to raise the bar in this final ever outing of the cult "point-of view" comedy, which started in 2003. The gags are rapier-sharp and, despite all the usual chaos, mayhem and silliness, there is some deft plotting at work here, too.
Matt King's Super Hans is also brought joyously to the fore and it's lovely to be reminded of what a fantastic (and integral) character he is in the peerless world of Peep.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 4th November 2015Peep Show series 9 spoiler-free first look
Ben Dowell got a sneak peek at the last ever series of the David Mitchell and Robert Webb comedy... and he wasn't disappointed.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 4th November 2015