The comedy duo returns with a terrific new sketch show, ‘Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping Out’, on Channel 4
Robert Webb and David Mitchell with, from left, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Kristal Evans in their new sketch show. Photo: Channel 4
Remember when the internet was the future of comedy? It wasn’t all that long ago that people were talking about how there was a vast, untapped reservoir of natural comedy talent to dive into on YouTube.
For a while, broadcasters – desperate to lure young people back to television and fearing they might be missing out on something – started believing this myth.