Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
11:05 pm - 11:35 pm, Saturday, January 24 on E4 Extra (31)
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About this Broadcast
Season 1, Episode 5
A group of aliens show off their idea for a new sitcom, there's a disturbing documentary about communal living, and a surprising way to assess new teachers, while parents try to deal with an unusual announcement about their daughter's sexuality. Written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, with Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Stevie Martin, Lara Ricote and Krystal Evans
Movie/Drama
Sketches
Cast & Crew
David Mitchell
(Performer)
Robert Webb
(Performer)
Kiell Smith-Bynoe
(Performer)
Stevie Martin
(Performer)
Krystal Evans
(Performer)
Lara Ricote
(Performer)
Abigail Burdess
(Writer)
Harry Enfield
(Writer)
Ed Jones
(Writer)
Gareth Edwards
(Producer)
David Sant
(Director)
Kenton Allen
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
David Mitchell
(Performer)
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.
Robert Webb
(Performer)
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.
Kiell Smith-Bynoe
(Performer)
Stevie Martin
(Performer)
Krystal Evans
(Performer)
Lara Ricote
(Performer)
Abigail Burdess
(Writer)
Harry Enfield
(Writer)
Born:
May 30, 1961
in
Horsham West Sussex
Best Known For:
A huge array of comic creations.
Early-life:
Henry Richard Enfield was born on May 30, 1961, in Horsham, West Sussex. He is the son of TV, radio and newspaper journalist and presenter Edward Enfield. He has two sisters. He was educated at the independent Arundale School in Pulborough, Dorset House School, Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College and the University of York, where he was a member of Derwent College and read politics. He worked for a while as a milkman.
Career:
Enfield first came to public attention appearing on Channel 4's Saturday Live as a number of different characters created with Paul Whitehouse. These quickly entered the national consciousness. Among them were Stavros, a Greek restaurant owner with markedly fractured English; Tory Boy, a pompous Conservative MP; and Loadsamoney, an obnoxious character who constantly boasted about how much money he earned. In 1990, Enfield developed his BBC sketch show, Harry Enfield's Television Programme, later called Harry Enfield and Chums, with Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke. He has followed this up with sitcom and film work, including Kevin & Perry Go Large, but returned to the sketch format with Paul Whitehouse in 2008 in Harry & Paul (originally titled Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul).
Quote:
"My idea of a good Christian is a priest who can speed-read the Mass, not a semi-demented American with a permanent grin."
Trivia:
Enfield made a cameo appearance as a tea lady during Blur's headline performance at the London 2012 Olympic closing ceremony.
Ed Jones
(Writer)
Gareth Edwards
(Producer)
David Sant
(Director)
Kenton Allen
(Executive producer)
