That Mitchell and Webb Sound
The cover of That Mitchell and Webb Sound Series 2, with Webb on the left and Mitchell on the right.
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| Genre | Comedy sketch show |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring |
David Mitchell Robert Webb Olivia Colman James Bachman Sarah Hadland (Fourth Series Only) |
| Written by | The cast Jesse Armstrong Sam Bain Mark Evans David Quantick Jonathan Dryden Taylor John Finnemore Toby Davies Simon Kane Eddie Robson Jim Smith |
| Air dates | since 28 August 2003 |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 29 |
| Opening theme | Stranger on the Shore |
That Mitchell and Webb Sound is a comedy sketch show on BBC Radio 4 which started on 28 August 2003. A second series was broadcast in 2005 with a third starting on 24 May 2007. The series became adapted for television as That Mitchell and Webb Look in 2006. The series is seen in some ways a follow-up to The Mitchell and Webb Situation, a sketch show shown on Play UK in 2001. That Mitchell and Webb Sound returned to BBC Radio 4 for a fourth series in 2009, the first episode broadcasting on 25 August 2009. A fifth series was announced in September 2013, and began transmission on 26 November 2013.
The series stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb who also write a fair amount of the material. Also performing in the show are James Bachman and regular Mitchell and Webb collaborator Olivia Colman. Sarah Hadland joined the cast for the fourth series.
Apart from Mitchell and Webb, a fair proportion of the sketches are written by the other cast members and other writers. These include Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain (the writers of Peep Show, in which Mitchell and Webb star), Mark Evans, David Quantick, Jonathan Dryden Taylor, Toby Davies, Simon Kane and John Finnemore. It is produced by Gareth Edwards.
The series has no fixed format but there are a number of recurring scenarios and sketch formats. Most of the recurring characters appear in the first two series.
The Telegraph called it "simply brilliant". It also received positive reviews from The Guardian and Radio Times.
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