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Channel 4 | IFC | SundanceTV | Sundance Now | Season Premiere Date: April 1, 2021

Summary: Andrew has been running the pub while Stephen was away at the Lyneham Abbey Wellness Centre. But Stephen's return doesn't mean things are back to normal as there's a new pub opening in the second season of the British comedy created by Simon Blackwell.

[Premiered originally in the UK on 21 Jan 2021; in the US on AMC+ on 18 Mar 2021 andAndrew has been running the pub while Stephen was away at the Lyneham Abbey Wellness Centre. But Stephen's return doesn't mean things are back to normal as there's a new pub opening in the second season of the British comedy created by Simon Blackwell.

[Premiered originally in the UK on 21 Jan 2021; in the US on AMC+ on 18 Mar 2021 and on IFC on 31 Mar 2021]… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Apr 9, 2021

Not-quite sibling rivalry hits new heights of hilarity in this second season of this savagely funny showcase for the British comedy duo of David Mitchell and Robert Webb. [12 - 25 Apr, p.11]

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The Guardian Ellen E Jones

Feb 19, 2021

It will take at least until the end of this six-episode run – and hopefully a few series more – to discover whether either Andrew or Stephen can really change. ... It is a testament to the masterful construction of this comedy-thriller that it remains possible to imagine they might. Read full review

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Darren Franich

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. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Feb 19, 2021

Mitchell and Webb being reunited is exactly the comfort food that television needs right now. Although Mitchell is ubiquitous on TV and radio, together they have a yin-and-yang alchemy that is as soothing as Sudocrem on a bottom rash, even if it is inevitable that one keeps comparing Back to Peep Show. Read full review

The Independent Sean O'Grady

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. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Mar 31, 2021

So while there’s plenty of shifting around in “Back” Season 2, the humor comes from the same place: melancholy resignation to the fact that something will always be (fittingly, in the words of the new network’s slogan) slightly off. Read full review

The Telegraph Anita Singh

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?” Read full review

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Season 2

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  Air Date: April 1, 2021
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Season 1

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  Air Date: September 6, 2017