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Mitchell & Webb Return With First Sketch Series in 15 Years, Premiering Friday on Channel 4

Channel 4 commissioned the show after the BBC declined to greenlight a new sketch series.

Overview

  • Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping debuts on Channel 4 on Friday, September 5, with the first episode scheduled for 10 p.m.
  • The duo marked the launch with a red carpet event at the BFI Southbank in London, reuniting officially ahead of the premiere.
  • Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Stevie Martin, Krystal Evans and Lara Ricote join the pair as a younger ensemble of collaborators.
  • The sketches lampoon contemporary media and public figures, including a piece riffing on the 2019 Prince Andrew interview and streamers’ dramatizations.
  • Mitchell and Webb say sketch comedy has been scarce in recent years and express hope for a resurgence, while confirming no current plans for a Peep Show special.