Comedians Robert Webb and David Mitchell reunited on Wednesday night ahead of the premiere of their brand new Channel 4 show.
The TV stars beamed as they stood on the red carpet for the launch of the new show, called Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping.
It’s their first new sketch show in 15 years and was previously announced by Channel 4 at the start of the year.
Stepping out for its launch, Robert, 52, wore a navy shirt and dark denim jeans for the glitzy event at the BFI on the Southbank in London.
His sidekick David, 51, clung onto the last of the summer as he wore a white and blue stripped shirt with a pair of cream chinos.
While posing for snaps together, they also were joined by the crew who worked to produce the new series.
Comedians Robert Webb and David Mitchell reunited on Wednesday night ahead of the premiere of their brand new Channel 4 show
It’s their first new sketch show in 15 years and was previously announced by Channel 4 at the start of the year (pictured on Peep Show)
The programme will see the pair join forces with a host of established comedy writers and stars of the future, for an ‘innovative merging of comedy minds’.
Its ensemble cast will see some of the best comedy writers in the business team up with up and coming talent including Ghost star Kiell Smith-Bynoe, comedian Lara Ricote, Taskmaster’s Stevie Martin, and stand-up comedian Krystal Evans.
The new series is produced by That Mitchell & Webb Company in association with Big Talk Studios, the team behind comedy hits such as Friday Night Dinner, Back and Ludwig.
Robert and David are known for their hit sitcom The Peep Show, which was broadcast on the channel between September 2003 and December 2015.
It focused on the lives of Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usborne, played by double act David and Robert respectively, in their flat in London.
Mark owns the flat and frequently references Jeremy’s resistance to playing rent and his abuse of the home, thanks to his love of weed and reluctance to work.
Previously speaking about their new show together, the men said: ‘When Channel 4 asked us to do another sketch show we were startled, bemused and available.
‘It’s a perilous time for the industry, and so it’s our hope that relaunching the trickiest genre of comedy is a brilliant piece of counterintuitive commissioning.
The TV stars beamed as they stood on the red carpet for the launch of the new show, called Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping
Stepping out for its launch, Robert, 52, wore a navy shirt and dark denim jeans for the glitzy event at the BFI on the Southbank in London
His sidekick David, 51, clung onto the last of the summer as he wore a white and blue stripped shirt with a pair of cream chinos
Pictured left to right: David Mitchell, Lara Ricote, Robert Webb, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Krystal Evans on Wednesday night
‘And we’re confident that, unlike Roger Moore with his shoe on the bonnet of a car teetering on the edge of a cliff in For Your Eyes Only, we’re not about to give British TV comedy a final lethal nudge into the abyss.’
They continued: ‘We’re looking forward to working with our brilliant new cast despite their youth and talent, and would like to encourage viewers to watch the advert break carefully and do their best to buy something.
‘It doesn’t have to be a car but, you know, a box of chocolates or an app or something.’
