Back (TV series)

Back
GenreSitcom
Created bySimon Blackwell
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
  • Kenton Allen
  • David Mitchell
  • Robert Webb
  • Simon Blackwell
  • Victoria Grew
  • Matthew Justice
Producers
  • Kate Daughton
  • Lyndsay Robinson
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release6 September 2017 (2017-09-06) –
25 February 2021 (2021-02-25)
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Back is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.[1] It was filmed and is set in and around Stroud, Gloucestershire.[2] The Channel 4 series was created by Simon Blackwell, and its first series was broadcast from 6 September – 11 October 2017.[3]

A second series of six episodes was announced in November 2017;[4] filming was scheduled to begin in October 2019.[5] On 19 September 2020, Webb announced that the second series' shooting had concluded.[6] Series two began airing on 21 January 2021.[7] The series premiered on Sundance Now in December 2017 before premiering on Sundance TV in the US in September 2018. The second season premiered on 31 March 2021 on sister network IFC in the US a week later after it premiered in full on Sundance Now on March 24.

  1. ^ Leo Barraclough (15 November 2016). "'Veep' Co-Writer Simon Blackwell Pens Comedy 'Back' for Channel 4". Variety. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ^ Mitchell and Webb's Back was filmed in Stroud
  3. ^ Rianne Houghton (15 November 2016). "The next Peep Show? Mitchell and Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a brand new sitcom". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Channel 4 orders more of Mitchell & Webb's Back". British Comedy Guide. 15 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Get Cast With Mitchell and Webb in 'Back' + More". Backstage. 5 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Robert Webb official Twitter account". Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ Simon Blackwell [@simonblackwell] (1 January 2021). "Here's the trailer for series 2 of our sitcom #Back, which starts January 21st on #Channel4. The first series is almost obscenely available any time of the day or night on @All4" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via Twitter.