Overview

• Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping premieres on Channel 4 at 10pm on Friday 5 September, with episodes continuing weekly and streaming on Channel 4’s platform.
• The core cast teams David Mitchell and Robert Webb with Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Stevie Martin, Krystal Evans and Lara Ricote.
• The show drops a traditional laugh track and draws praise for David Sant’s direction and Mark Henson’s editing.
• Initial coverage from i highlights ambitious, surprising sketches and frames the series as a credible bid to revive mainstream sketch comedy.
• Newer cast members describe a supportive writers’ room that encouraged collaborative, premise-led ideas with the veteran duo.