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  • Sep 6, 2017

Summary Stephen (David Mitchell) looks to take over running the family pub after the death of his father when Andrew (Robert Webb), a foster brother reappears in this British comedy created by Simon Blackwell. [Originally premiered in the UK on Channel 4 on 6 Sep 2017; aired in the US on Sundance Now on 16 Nov 2017 and on SundanceTV on 7 Mar ...

Created By: Simon Blackwell

  • Channel 4
  • Sep 6, 2017
  • Channel 4
  • Sep 6, 2017
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Summary Stephen (David Mitchell) looks to take over running the family pub after the death of his father when Andrew (Robert Webb), a foster brother reappears in this British comedy created by Simon Blackwell. [Originally premiered in the UK on Channel 4 on 6 Sep 2017; aired in the US on Sundance Now on 16 Nov 2017 and on SundanceTV on 7 Mar ...

Created By: Simon Blackwell

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Episode 1 • Sep 6, 2017 • 24 m
Episode #1.1
When 'local legend' Laurie Nicholls dies, his son Stephen finally gets the chance to run the family pub - for which he has ambitious plans. But the reappearance of his foster-brother Andrew at the funeral complicates matters.
Episode 2 • Sep 13, 2017 • 23 m
Episode #1.2
The sibling rivalry ramps up a gear as Stephen's ex (and the family lawyer) Alison reveals the contents of Laurie's will. The pub is in debt, Andrew has been left a share in the business and Ellen decides to join the church.
Episode 3 • Sep 20, 2017 • 24 m
Episode #1.3
Footfall is down at the pub, Andrew enlists the help of Cass to sex up the place and attract a new, younger clientele by getting rid of Stephen's refurb. As the glowing TripAdvisor reviews flood in Stephen's suspicions grow.
Episode 4 • Sep 27, 2017 • 24 m
Episode #1.4
The foster-brothers are visiting the pub's suppliers and spreading news of Laurie's death. In trying to help Stephen get over Alison, Andrew reveals a shocking truth. Geoff has been left in charge of the pub and takes it back to the 70s.
Episode 5 • Oct 4, 2017 • 22 m
Episode #1.5
The family begin the clear up after a disastrous fire in the pub.
Episode 6 • Oct 11, 2017 • 25 m
Episode #1.6
Stephen discovers some big news about Andrew on Laurie's 69th birthday.

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100
Dec 2, 2021
Back is one of the funniest and most intriguingly different comedies in a long time. ... it's Blackwell's intelligent and searing writing--which also has quite a bit of emotional nuance--that makes Back much more than mere joke creation for its own sake. And it's Mitchell and Webb who make it all come to life, with Mitchell's virtuoso performance as the increasingly paranoid Stephen shining through all six episodes.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 16, 2017
Mitchell and Webb, who have been a team more than two decades, are wonderful together, but they are just the heart of a crack, cracked ensemble, who embody a certain sort of eccentric British family familiar to readers of Austen, Waugh, Wodehouse and Gibbons.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
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Nov 16, 2017
Even at six episodes, with a few harmless misadventures in between Andrew’s arrival and the season’s eventual fate, Back feels a little stretched thin. But again, as with so many other debut seasons of new shows these days, it arrives at an endpoint that signals a much better, more exciting show on the horizon.
By Steve Greene FULL REVIEW

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