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Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping

Channel 4 · English · 2025–present

Season: 1
Episodes: 6
Follower: 1

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are returning to Channel 4 with a brand-new sketch show, which sees them combine forces with a host of exciting and innovative future stars, marking a bold return to British sketch comedy with an innovative merging of comedy minds across generations.

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Season 16 episodes · 2025

Episode 1 · 5 Sept 2025 · 21:00 · 24 min
Episode 1
Foul-mouthed family feuding. The world's most dangerous suitcase. And a porn star with a big spanner! Plus: a drama about the making of both the dramas about the making of the Prince Andrew interview.
Episode 2 · 5 Sept 2025 · 21:00 · 23 min
Episode 2
Welcome to Hot Seat, the world's shallowest TV game show. Plus: how a 70s pop classic was really made; a very unusual xylophone player; and should you put your mobile phone on silent during a murder?
Episode 3 · 5 Sept 2025 · 21:00 · 24 min
Episode 3
From a very bad spy to some ultra-competitive puritans and a dodgy sound-effects man. Plus: why you can't beat the great taste of bran. And another ear-scorching instalment of Sweary Aussie Drama.
Episode 4 · 5 Sept 2025 · 21:00 · 23 min
Episode 4
A teacher misunderstands the job, an actor searches for the perfect last words, and the late, great E M Forster pops up in the wrong century. Plus: an ambiguous fire drill. And who's the daddy?
Episode 5 · 5 Sept 2025 · 21:00 · 24 min
Episode 5
The real cause of climate change? It's good news and bad news... Plus: TV's most wholesome heirloom repair show. A death in the Sweary Aussie family. And the lawyers intervene in the writers' room.
Episode 6 · 5 Sept 2025 · 21:00 · 23 min
Episode 6
The disturbing side of communal living, and a surprising way to assess new teachers. Parents deal with an unusual announcement about their daughter's sexuality. And some aliens pitch a new sitcom.