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That Mitchell and Webb Look

  • TV Series
  • 2006–20102006–2010
  • 12h
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David Mitchell and Robert Webb in That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006)
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A comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.A comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.A comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
9.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
9,411
910
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Stars
      • David Mitchell
      • Robert Webb
      • James Bachman
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    • Stars
      • David Mitchell
      • Robert Webb
      • James Bachman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 5User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 8 nominations total

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    David Mitchell and Robert Webb in That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006)
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    David Mitchell
    David Mitchell
    • Various…
    25 episodes25 eps • 2006–2010
    Robert Webb
    Robert Webb
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    25 episodes25 eps • 2006–2010
    James Bachman
    James Bachman
    • Various…
    25 episodes25 eps • 2006–2010
    Mark Evans
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    24 episodes24 eps • 2006–2010
    Sarah Hadland
    Sarah Hadland
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    17 episodes17 eps • 2008–2010
    Abigail Burdess
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    16 episodes16 eps • 2006–2010
    Olivia Colman
    Olivia Colman
    • Julie…
    13 episodes13 eps • 2006–2008
    Paterson Joseph
    Paterson Joseph
    • Simon…
    8 episodes8 eps • 2006–2008
    Toby Davies
    • Various…
    8 episodes8 eps • 2008–2010
    Gus Brown
    • Dickie Whittaker…
    5 episodes5 eps • 2006–2008
    Laura Aikman
    Laura Aikman
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    4 episodes4 eps • 2008–2009
    Jo Neary
    • Ancient Roman in Video…
    4 episodes4 eps • 2008
    Barunka O'Shaughnessy
    • Michelle…
    3 episodes3 eps • 2008
    Taise Kerr
    • Little Girl…
    2 episodes2 eps • 2006–2008
    Stewart Scudamore
    Stewart Scudamore
    • Various
    2 episodes2 eps • 2010
    Daniel Kaluuya
    Daniel Kaluuya
    • Poor Black Kid…
    2 episodes2 eps • 2008–2009
    Terence Maynard
    Terence Maynard
    • Replacement Speedo Actor…
    2 episodes2 eps • 2008
    Drew Blackall
    • Various
    1 episode1 ep • 2010
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    • Trivia
      In "The History of Numberwang" sketch, the sequence given to the computer is 4 8 15 162 3420. This is a reference to "The Numbers" features in Lost (2004) 4 8 15 16 23 42 which make numerous appearances throughout the show.
    • Quotes

      Sir Alan Sugar: [the Apprentices have gathered] Right, it's time to fire one of you. I don't know why, I mean, I wouldn't be a millionaire if I fired a fifteenth of my workforce every day in real life. Does anyone want to make it easier by pointlessly lying or trying to take credit for something they didn't do? No? I'll just fire the fat bloke, then.

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    Has enough hits of imagination and wit to cover the weaker characters and worthless laughter track
    Coming off the brilliant Peep Show to do something new was never going to be an easy task for David Mitchell and Robert Webb simply because of how brilliant Peep Show was. Their sketch show came to BBC2 at the same time as the new series of Extras in an apparent attempt to draw success from that. The ploy seems to have worked in getting viewers in the door but it is the material that has to do the work of keeping them and, as such, this is a pretty good "Look" because it has sufficient laughs across each 25 minute period to do the business.

    As with any sketch show it is very hit and miss but it has more hits than misses. The type of humour will appeal to those who liked Peep Show because it is imaginative and quite clever, almost drawing laughs from me by surprise. This can be seen in some of the best characters in the way that they are plucked out of the air and are all touched by a wonderful sense of absurdity that makes them work so well. Angel Summoner, Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar and a few others are good examples because they just seem to come out of nowhere rather than being slight extensions of clichés or stereotypes. Conversely then the weakest characters do rely on these things and by this I mean the snooker commentators. Out of all the characters they seem to have been selected to run across each episode and sadly they are just not very funny after the first outing. Numberwang is also a bit tiresome and it would have been better if they had taken the rip out of gameshows in other ways. Likewise some of the weaker moments are so because they do lack the imagination of the strongest bits and thus we get simple spoofs on political panel shows as well as insurance adverts.

    Mitchell and Webb play really well off one another and each has a type of character that he is strongest in. Mitchell is strongest playing the rather hesitant loser a bit like his Peep Show character and the best sketches tend to have him in that sort of role. Webb meanwhile tends to be the slightly lesser of the pair if only because he seems inherently less comic looking than Mitchell. However he is still good when he has the material to work with and his chemistry with Mitchell helps him a great deal. The supporting players are mostly good and include Joseph, Colman and Evans. The only weak addition to the show is that of the audience themselves – or rather the recorded laughter, because it kills the material by making the weak stuff seem weaker and the stronger stuff a bit, well, desperate. I don't need to be told when to laugh and all the laughter track here seemed to do was stand out awkwardly particularly when the material wasn't funny at all yet still got massive recorded laughter.

    Overall though, a good sketch series. The regular imaginative flights of fancy helps it keep above the level of easy cliché or relying on catchphrases to do the business. Of course the downside of this is that they don't enjoy as much easy success at the moment but they are best to keep it this way since their selection of "regular" characters is mostly surprisingly weak. The pair do mostly good work though and the series is well worth catching because when they hit their imagination and wit is funny and surprising in delivery.
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    • bob the moo
    • Nov 7, 2006

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 2006 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Вот как выглядят Митчелл и Уэбб
    • Filming locations
      • Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      12 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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