Peep Show stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb have hit out at the current state of British sketch shows, saying that the genre has fallen into a “coma” in the past decade.
Sitcoms have been a casualty of the the TV industry’s narrowing budget in recent years, and the Noughties are often seen as the golden years for popular sitcoms including The Catherine Tate Show and Little Britain.
David Mitchell, who played Mark Corrigan in the hit sitcom, said genre has been ‘abandoned’ by TV industry.
The pair, who starred in the award-winning series that ran between 2003 to 2015, will produce Channel 4’s first sketch show in more than a decade.
The pair’s previous project together, That Mitchell and Webb Look, ended in 2010 after four series on BBC Two, and won a Bafta for best comedy programme.
