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That Mitchell & Webb Sound
That Mitchell and Webb Sound: Series 5: The BBC Radio 4 Comedy Sketch Show
Comedy from the lopsided world of David Mitchell and Robert Webb, with Olivia Colman and James Bachman.
The radio sketch series which spawned BBC TV’s That Mitchell and Webb Look returns with five brand new episodes. Among the topics given the unique Mitchell & Webb treatment are the future of farming (battery penguins); Thomas Hardy's exciting idea to make his books even sadder; the very confusing goings on in a cash-register shop; a horror story for slugs; the Escalator brothers inventing the world’s first horseless staircase; and the very last programme the BBC ever does…
Includes four episodes first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013, plus a bonus fifth episode first broadcast exclusively on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
The radio sketch series which spawned BBC TV’s That Mitchell and Webb Look returns with five brand new episodes. Among the topics given the unique Mitchell & Webb treatment are the future of farming (battery penguins); Thomas Hardy's exciting idea to make his books even sadder; the very confusing goings on in a cash-register shop; a horror story for slugs; the Escalator brothers inventing the world’s first horseless staircase; and the very last programme the BBC ever does…
Includes four episodes first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013, plus a bonus fifth episode first broadcast exclusively on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
1 pages, Audio CD
First published December 1, 2013
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David Mitchell
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David Mitchell is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is one half of the comedic duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb, whom he met at Cambridge University. There they were both part of the Cambridge Footlights, of which Mitchell became President. Together the duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. The show received a BAFTA and won three British Comedy Awards, while Mitchell won the award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009. The duo have written and starred in several sketch shows including The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and most recently That Mitchell and Webb Look. Mitchell and Webb also star in the UK version of Apple's Get a Mac advertisement campaign. Their first film, Magicians, in which Mitchell plays traditional magician Harry, was released on 18 May 2007.
On his own, Mitchell has played Dr James Vine in the BBC1 sitcom Jam & Jerusalem and Tim in the one-off ShakespeaRe-Told adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. He also is a frequent participant on British panel shows, including QI, Mock the Week and Have I Got News for You, as well as Best of the Worst and Would I Lie to You? on each of which he is a team captain, and The Unbelievable Truth which he hosts. Regarding his personal life, Mitchell considers himself a "worrier" and lives in a flat in Kilburn.
Author biography and photograph obtained from Wikipedia.
David Mitchell is a British actor, comedian and writer. He is one half of the comedic duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb, whom he met at Cambridge University. There they were both part of the Cambridge Footlights, of which Mitchell became President. Together the duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. The show received a BAFTA and won three British Comedy Awards, while Mitchell won the award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009. The duo have written and starred in several sketch shows including The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and most recently That Mitchell and Webb Look. Mitchell and Webb also star in the UK version of Apple's Get a Mac advertisement campaign. Their first film, Magicians, in which Mitchell plays traditional magician Harry, was released on 18 May 2007.
On his own, Mitchell has played Dr James Vine in the BBC1 sitcom Jam & Jerusalem and Tim in the one-off ShakespeaRe-Told adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. He also is a frequent participant on British panel shows, including QI, Mock the Week and Have I Got News for You, as well as Best of the Worst and Would I Lie to You? on each of which he is a team captain, and The Unbelievable Truth which he hosts. Regarding his personal life, Mitchell considers himself a "worrier" and lives in a flat in Kilburn.
Author biography and photograph obtained from Wikipedia.
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March 10, 2024
A series of hilarious and witty sketches, with Robert Webb and David Mitchell showing the full extent of their comedic brilliance. There are some sketches that don’t quite land, or are brought back too often that they get repetitive but a good 90% of the series is brilliant stuff. For example the ‘old lady job assesment’ sketches come up far too often and aren’t even funny so that did grate somewhat. Some of the sketches are earlier drafts of what would be seen on screen in That Mitchell And Webb Look, so do feel slightly less tight but still entertain. My personal favourite sketches are Colin & Ray constantly bickering, delusional tramp, Sir Digby Chicken Caesar, and Ted & Mike the snooker commentators. Olivia Coleman and James Bachman play a range of characters who support Webb and Mitchell perfectly, giving life to all the different characters.
This series is only five episodes long, as opposed to the usual six and has a new story to finish the series. I was hesitant to have a full episode focused on two sketch characters but listening to ‘Daydream Believers’ I was delighted that the characters featured were Colin and Ray. I adored 30 minutes of my two favourite characters bickering and pulling the usual reversal gags on each other, with those scenes intercut with Ray’s terribly written Sci Fi story. Those scenes were less enjoyable but on the whole it worked really well as a new experimental format for the series.
This series is only five episodes long, as opposed to the usual six and has a new story to finish the series. I was hesitant to have a full episode focused on two sketch characters but listening to ‘Daydream Believers’ I was delighted that the characters featured were Colin and Ray. I adored 30 minutes of my two favourite characters bickering and pulling the usual reversal gags on each other, with those scenes intercut with Ray’s terribly written Sci Fi story. Those scenes were less enjoyable but on the whole it worked really well as a new experimental format for the series.
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