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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

  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Channel 4
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • Channel 4

Back

Season 1 Premiere: Sep 6, 2017
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
85
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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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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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
85
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
85
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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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
100
Mar 19, 2021
If you're getting the sense this is a rather bleak comedy, it's important to underline just how breezy the tone of Back is. The ensemble faces their regular miseries with humor and hope, the latter even funnier because it seems so unjustified.
By Darren Franich FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 2, 2021
Not every joke hits the bullseye, but there can be no denying Back is a very sharply written show. It’s a witty sitcom first and foremost, but its intriguing overarching story also utilises elements from mystery thrillers and family dramas to great effect.
By David Craig FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 19, 2021
Any actors who can extract comic value from the phrase “urinal cakes”(Mitchell and Webb); and any team who can make us laugh as we confront deeply troubling mental health issues (what Stephen just calls being “mad” as “useful shorthand”) deserves recognition and the odd Bafta.
By Sean O'Grady 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
75
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
60
Feb 19, 2021
Just when you’re settling into this series and thinking, maybe it’s not really anything like Peep Show, Webb says: “Can I apologise for everything…” and Mitchell shoots back: “Everything in the world? The Napoleonic Wars? Smallpox? The cry-laugh emoji? Slavery? Declining literacy rates?”
By Anita Singh FULL REVIEW

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13% Mixed
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Production Company:
  • Big Talk Productions
  • That Mitchell & Webb Company
Initial Release Date: Sep 6, 2017
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

National Film Awards, UK
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
• 1 Nomination

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