Peep Show: The Interview
11:35 pm - 12:05 am, Monday, December 29 on E4 Extra (31)
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The Interview
Season 1, Episode 2
Mark tries to flirt with Sophie but worries she may think he is a Nazi, while Jeremy realises his music career is going nowhere fast and reluctantly applies for an office job. Comedy, starring Robert Webb and David Mitchell
Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Robert Webb
(Actor)
.. Jeremy
David Mitchell
(Actor)
.. Mark
Olivia Colman
(Actor)
.. Sophie
Jesse Armstrong
(Writer)
Sam Bain
(Writer)
Jeremy Wooding
(Director)
Andrew O'Connor
(Executive producer)
Phil Clarke
(Series producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Robert Webb
(Actor)
.. Jeremy
Born:
September 29, 1972
in
Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Best Known For:
His partnership with David Mitchell.
Early-life:
Robert Patrick Webb was born on September 29, 1972, in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Horncastle. While Webb was in the lower sixth form preparing for his A-levels, his mother died of breast cancer. Aged 20, he went to Robinson College, Cambridge, where he studied English and was a member of the Footlights. He met David Mitchell during an audition for a Footlights production of Cinderella in 1993.
Career:
Mitchell and Webb put together their first project in January 1995, a show about the First World War. From this, the duo were given the chance to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for series two of sketch show Big Train. In 2001, they were commissioned to write a sketch show of their own, entitled The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now defunct cable channel Play UK. The pair's big break came in 2003, with starring roles in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, which led to movie projects. In solo work, Webb has appeared in offbeat sitcom The Smoking Room, and the film Confetti. Other projects include Fresh Meat, Our Men, Ambassadors and Marple.
Quote:
"When somebody says 'Do you want to do some funny ads for not many days in the year and be paid more than you would be for an entire series of Peep Show?' the answer, obviously, is, 'Yeah, that's fine'".
Trivia:
He won the charity event Let's Dance for Comic Relief in 2009.
David Mitchell
(Actor)
.. Mark
Born:
July 14, 1974
in
Salisbury
Best Known For:
Being one half of hysterical duo Mitchell and Webb.
Early-life:
Born David James Stuart Mitchell in Salisbury on July 14, 1974. He has a younger brother called Daniel. His parents were hotel managers who later moved to Oxford, where they became lecturers in hotel management. He claims he always wanted to be an actor or comedian, but told people he planned to become a barrister to please his parents. In 1993 David went to Peterhouse College, Cambridge, to study history. He performed with the famous Cambridge Footlights, eventually becoming the society president. It was in his first year at university that he met Robert Webb at an audition for a student pantomime production of Cinderella.
Career:
After graduating, Mitchell worked an usher at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He and Webb took a number of shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before being asked to write for Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller and for surreal comedy series Big Train. In 2001, they made their first sketch show, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now-defunct cable channel Play UK. Their next project came in 2003, with the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. They've also worked together on That Mitchell and Webb Sound, That Mitchell and Webb Look and the film Magicians. Solo, Mitchell has appeared on 10 O'Clock Live and numerous panel shows, including Would I Lie to You?, where he's a regular team captain. His autobiography, Back Story: A Memoir, was published in 2012.
Quote:
"I think, fundamentally, the people I want to make laugh are British. I can't ever imagine living abroad."
Trivia:
He writes columns for The Observer and The Guardian.
Olivia Colman
(Actor)
.. Sophie
Born:
January 30, 1974
in
Norfolk
Best Known For:
Rev, Peep Show and Broadchurch.
Early-life:
Born Sarah Caroline Colman on January 30, 1974, in Norfolk. She claims she relied on making her fellow pupils laugh at school because she wasn't very academic, but went on to study at Cambridge, where she met future collaborators David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Colman initially intended to become a primary school teacher, but switched to drama and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She hasn't looked back since.
Career:
Colman's first TV work came in the series Bruiser in 2000, and was followed by appearances alongside her old friends David and Robert in The Mitchell and Webb Situation sketch show. She had a brief role in The Office, but it wasn't until Peep Show, Look Around You and Green Wing came along that people started to sit up and take notice. Since then she's featured in Hot Fuzz, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Beautiful People, Doctor Who, Twenty Twelve and Rev. More recently she made the move from comedy to drama in The Iron Lady, the hugely acclaimed Tyrannosaur and Hyde Park on Hudson. In 2013, she starred in the acclaimed ITV drama Broadchurch, which won her a Bafta TV award for Best Actress.
Quote:
"If a script is good, you are 10 steps into the part just reading it. But my choices are not all down to my taste. It is about people you have worked with before."
Trivia:
She has voiced a number of TV commercials.
Jesse Armstrong
(Writer)
Sam Bain
(Writer)
Jeremy Wooding
(Director)
Andrew O'Connor
(Executive producer)
Phil Clarke
(Series producer)
