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Critic Reviews
Dec 2, 2021
Season 1 Review:
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.
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TV Guide MagazineApr 9, 2021
Season 2 Review:
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]
The GuardianFeb 19, 2021
Season 2 Review:
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.
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Radio TimesDec 2, 2021
The IndependentFeb 19, 2021
Season 2 Review:
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.
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The TimesFeb 19, 2021
Season 2 Review:
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.
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Nov 16, 2017IndieWireNov 16, 2017
Season 1 Review:
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.
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Mar 17, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Back is not up to the level of Peep Show or other more recent short, quirky comedies. It’s really more of a collection of ideas than a fully-formed series. But its cozy-caustic style hits just enough to be worth a short binge, if largely to hear Mitchell just create and repeat the phrase “hedge vodka” over and over again.
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The TelegraphFeb 19, 2021
Season 2 Review:
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?”
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