The Mitchell and Webb Situation

The Mitchell and Webb Situation
The opening titles of the show
Genre	Sketch comedy
Created by	David Mitchell Robert Webb
Directed by	David Kerr
Starring	David Mitchell Robert Webb Olivia Colman Gus Brown Susan Earl
Theme music composer	The Holloway Brothers
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer(s)	Simon Lupton
Camera setup	Andy Hollis
Release
Original network	Play UK
Original release	6 October – 10 November 2001
Chronology
Related shows	That Mitchell and Webb Look That Mitchell and Webb Sound

The Mitchell and Webb Situation is a British sketch comedy television show originally shown on Play UK in 2001. Written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, it lasted for one series of six episodes and was released on region 2 DVD in 2006 by Eureka Video. It was rebroadcast on BBC Two in October 2008.

David Kerr storyboarded each episode exhaustively, allowing the entire series to be filmed in a space of just fifteen days. Most of the filming took place at the United States International University of Bushey (formerly the Royal Masonic School for Boys).

A negative review came from Empire, who called it "extremely hit and miss. Emphasis on 'extremely."DVD Times wrote: "We're faced with a duo trying to find a voice and as a result the material misses more often than it hits. For every sketch that works there's also one that doesn't, another that goes on for far too long, another that's undeveloped and another still that's simply over-egged."

In an interview with Wessex Scene, Mitchell stated that he was "more proud of the way it turned out than annoyed that it was only aired on a small channel."

Although there are no recurring named characters as seen in many other sketch shows, there are some recurring sketches. Two sketches appear in every single episode:

Other sketches are only recurring within a single episode, such as:

A sketch about a miscarriage in an abortion clinic was cut from the show as Mitchell and Webb agreed that it was inappropriate, and that their intention may have been misconstrued.