12 h. ago Iconic comedy duo Robert Webb and David Mitchell officially reunite for launch of new Channel 4 sketch show

The TV stars beamed as they stood on the red carpet for the launch of the new show, called Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping.

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17 h. ago David Mitchell responds to Peep Show demand amid reunion with Robert Webb

The comedy duo worked together for the first time in 15 years as their new sketch show airs this month

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21 h. ago ‘You’re finally dressing your age, David!’ Mitchell and Webb on age, arguments and their big comeback

The TV comedy duo are back this week with their first new sketch show in 15 years, Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. Do newer comics think they’re old farts? They tell allDavid Mitchell and Robert Webb are back with their first new sketch show in 15 years. It’s a comedy smorgasbord that is as random as it is funny, and will feel like a glorious throwback for fans of their 00s series That Mitchell and Webb Look. And this time they have brought some friends, with guest appearances on Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping including Ghosts’ Kiell Smith-Bynoe and podcaster and Taskmaster star Stevie Martin. We caught up with the pair to chat about Gogglebox, The Two Ronnies, Downton Abbey and snooker.A recurring joke in the show is that the younger comedians you feature think you are a couple of old farts. Are sketch shows a young person’s game? Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Women cope better when their partner dies. I’ll have to go before him, out of spite

Should your partner be your best friend? After David Mitchell mansplained relationships, I asked my husband and his answer surprised meDavid Mitchell is probably the only male on the planet who could get away with defending mansplaining, so that is what he has done. “I feel there’s an unfairness to the term, which is taken to be men explaining things in a boring way to women,” he told the Sunday Times. “Because they do it to each other, and they take turns, and that’s what men call a conversation.”In the same interview, Mitchell and his comedy partner Robert Webb are asked how each counselled and supported the other through various personal challenges. They are confused and slightly aghast at the idea that they might have discussed such matters. What do men talk to one another about, then? “Well, yes,” says Mitchell. “That’s a question [my wife] Victoria’s asked me many times. And I never really know.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Rebecca F Kuang: ‘A Tale of Two Cities is deeply silly camp – I love it!’

The US writer on being switched on to romance by Sally Rooney, the magic of David Mitchell and the joy of Jean-Paul SartreMy favourite book growing up Brian Jacques’s Redwall (and all its sequels). All I wanted was to be a squirrel in the Mossflower Woods!The books that changed me as a teenager I read China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station and The City & the City when I was in college. I had been falling out of love with fantasy – I felt too old for Redwall, and I thought I’d outgrown the genre – but Miéville’s work opened the door to the enormous world of adult fantasy literature that grappled with the problems I was now interested in. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago If mansplaining is just how men talk, maybe they need to be taught the art of conversation

Comedian David Mitchell has called the term ‘unfair’, saying guys do it to each other as well. But isn’t it time they learned how to dialogue, rather than monologue, asks Helen Coffey?

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1 week ago David Mitchell says the term ‘mansplaining’ is ‘unfair’: ‘That’s what men call a conversation’

‘Peep Show’ star takes umbrage with the phrase typically aimed at condescending men

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1 week ago David Mitchell explains why the term ‘mansplaining’ is ‘unfair’

‘Peep Show’ star takes umbrage with the phrase typically aimed at condescending men

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1 week ago Mansplaining? It's just how men talk to each other, comedian David Mitchell patiently explains to women

The comedian, 51, said there was an 'unfairness' to the phrase because men also 'do it to each other'. He added that male friendships often revolve around what he calls 'a little mutual explain'.

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1 week ago TV fans react to 'genius casting' of Amazon Prime’s Last One Laughing UK series two line

Bob Mortimer will return to Last One Laughing to defend his title alongside a host of big name comedians including David Mitchell, Mel Giedroyc and Romesh Ranganathan.

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1 week ago Strictly Come Dancing star Robert Webb says show was "a big mistake" after health battle

Ex Strictly Come Dancing contestant Robert Webb has revealed his regrets about participating on the BBC One show back in 2021 after dropping out of the competition over his health

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1 week ago This comedian is returning in Last One Laughing series 2 – here’s when you’ll be able to watch

The second series will star comedians including Alan Carr, David Mitchell and Diane Morgan

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2 w. ago Coronation Street's Debbie Webster star declares love for former co

The actress, who is best known for playing Debbie Webster in the ITV soap, issued her a demand for their reunion

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