David Mitchell

Is Series Eight of Peep Show the Best Ever?

Hilary Wardle | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK Comedy
Hilary Wardle

Any comedy lumbering into its eighth series usually faces accusations of becoming stale and tired, but Peep Show doesn't have to worry about that: it's barely managed to rustle up a single negative review since it initially aired way back in 2003.

David Mitchell Blasts Downton Abbey

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK Comedy

I say, Lady Mary - do pass the smelling salts. That frightful cad from Peep Show is saying beastly things about us. The latest episode of David Mit...

How Peep Show Saved the Sitcom

Tom Doran | Posted 06.11.2012 | Home
Tom Doran

Mark enters a relationship with Sophie (Olivia Colman) and finds, quite rapidly, that... he doesn't really like her. This isn't anyone's fault, neither are presented as terrible human beings. They're just fundamentally incompatible and only end up steamrolling into marriage due to crippling mutual loneliness.

Caroline Frost

Robert Webb's Own Wedding Went Smoothly, Apart From...

HuffingtonPost.com | Caroline Frost | Posted 20.10.2012 | UK Entertainment

Only one tiny thing went wrong when Robert Webb, star of The Wedding Video, got married himself... "The music was set at bizarrely low volume, so ...

Escaped Murderer Returned To Prison

PA | Posted 04.08.2012 | UK

A murderer serving a life sentence who absconded from prison has been recaptured. David Mitchell, 44, left Kirkham Prison in Lancashire on Tuesday ...

FIRST TRAILER: Cloud Atlas Sees Tom Hanks, Halle Berry In Action

The Huffington Post UK | HuffPost Staff | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Entertainment

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry have opened the pages on one of the year's most eagerly-anticipated film offerings - the big screen adaptation of Cloud Atla...

Fancy Yourself As The Next David Mitchell?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.07.2012 | UK Comedy

By that headline, we don't, of course, mean: 'Are you Victoria Coren's next husband?' We mean: can you impress the makers of David Mitchell's Soapbox ...

'10 O'Clock Live' To Return For A Third Series

The British Comedy Guide | Posted 21.06.2012 | UK Comedy

BroadcastNow is reporting that 10 O'Clock Live - Channel 4's topical satire show starring Charlie Brooker, Jimmy Carr, Lauren Laverne and David Mitche...

WATCH: David Mitchell Returns To His Soapbox

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 14.06.2012 | UK Comedy

David Mitchell is back doing what he does best: getting on his soapbox and sounding off about everything and anything. Yes, the Peep Show and 10 O...

Prejudice Towards the 'Posh' Isn't Unfair - It's an Attitude More People Need to Take

Alex MacDonald | Posted 13.08.2012 | UK Politics
Alex MacDonald

Watching Sunday Morning Live with Francis Boulle from Made in Chelsea this week kind of pushed me over the edge - the suggestion that classism or prejudice of people based on their upper-class backgrounds is akin to racism was just too much to take.

'I'm On Tenterhooks': Will Robert Webb Be David Mitchell's Best Man?

PA | Posted 07.04.2012 | UK

Peep Show's Robert Webb is being kept in the dark as to whether he will be best man for his friend and co-star David Mitchell. Mitchell, who was be...

Celebrities Who Look Like Mattresses: Unofficial Walthamstow Tourist Board Takes Facebook By Storm (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 22.03.2012 | UK

An unofficial tourism page is putting the east London suburb that is Walthamstow firmly on the map. Run by artist and film-maker Warpdog, the Fac...

Only Connected: Musings on the Mitchell and Coren Love Story

Stephen Frizzle | Posted 20.05.2012 | UK Comedy
Stephen Frizzle

It's been mere months since the wedding of Will and Kate. Just as soon as we've finally cleaned up the confetti and banners from the nationwide street parties, we are shocked and delighted to find two more of the nation's most-loved people are getting hitched. David Mitchell and Victoria Coren announced today that they are to wed.

Media Couple Announce Engagement, The Old-Fashioned Way

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK Entertainment

David Mitchell and Victoria Coren have today announced their engagement. While births, marriages, deaths and anything happening to TOWIE stars all...

I Need a Peep Show Intervention

J.L. Sirisuk | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Comedy
J.L. Sirisuk

I won't know what to do with my life after I finish Peep Show. I went through six seasons in under two weeks, which equals to approximately 864 minute...

WATCH: Charlie Brooker Reads Out Hilarious Poem About 'The Sun' On '10 O'Clock Live'

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 16.02.2012 | UK Comedy

Charlie Brooker has written a poem about The Sun. Reading it out on last night's 10 O'Clock Live show on Channel 4, many won't have seen his lyrical w...

10 O'Clock Live: Satire is Still in Short Supply

Richard Berry | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Richard Berry

If 10 O'Clock Live leads to Mitchell getting his own chat show it will have achieved something worthwhile. Until that happens, the powers-that-be have little to worry about if this represents the best satire we can produce.

Tonight’s TV Pick: Roger And Val, Walls Talking, Ten o'Clock's Back

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 09.04.2012 | UK Entertainment

Lots of quality new series kicking off tonight - here are our picks of the best of the box: Ten o'Clock Live - 10pm, C4 Despite ratings plummeting...

David Mitchell's Desert Island Books

Marissa Chen | Posted 11.02.2012 | Home
Marissa Chen

David Mitchell is the acclaimed author of five novels, including number9dream and Cloud Atlas, and was the only literary author listed as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2007.

Robert Webb Confirms Peep Show Return

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK Entertainment

Peep Show star Robert Webb has announced an eighth series of the Bafta-winning sitcom will go ahead next year. The comedy writer confirmed that he...

Miranda Hart Defends Her British Comedy Awards Crown

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK Comedy

Miranda Hart will be defending her crown as Queen of Comedy at the British Comedy Awards 2011. The star of hit BBC show Miranda, who won the People...

Fry, Mitchell And Webb For Dickensian Comedy

www.telegraph.co.uk | Posted 03.12.2011 | UK Comedy

BBC Two said production was under way on The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff, a new four part comedy adventure. The series is set in the Dickensian world o...

Halle Berry Braves Glasgow Rain

PA | Posted 17.11.2011 | UK Entertainment

Hollywood star Halle Berry braved cool showery weather on Saturday as she filmed scenes for a new movie in Scotland. The actress is on location in ...

Hugh Grant Cast In 'Cloud Atlas'

Posted 13.11.2011 | UK Entertainment

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Hugh Grant has signed up to star alongside Halle Berry and Tom Hanks in the big-screen adaptation of Cloud Atlas. The film, ou...

Sarah Dean

PHOTOS: Stars Turn Out For Edinburgh Festival 2011

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Dean | Posted 05.10.2011 | UK Entertainment

Flyers, posters and tourists will transform the city of Edinburgh this month, as people from all over the world come to see the comedy, art, theatre, ...