That Mitchell And Webb Look and the significantly better That Mitchell And Webb Sound are fun while they last, but it’s Peep Show with which the pair will rightly be most associated. Now at series six the first episode aired on Friday night with the typical air of confidence and strong writing you’d expect six years down the line. Leaving Mark and Jeremy out of a job (Mark a long-time JLB staffer, Jeremy a three and a half hour recruit) it was down to Mark in his new role as manager to rally the troops and stage a coup. Dressed with Hitler moustache and blood-stained surgeon’s clothes, his bohemian upstaging of the German owners of the company was his moment to shine in front of his, now former, colleagues. It was very much an off-kilter moment for the often down-on-his-luck Mark, never one for feeling comfortable in social situations of any kind but he found his niche here. Naturally, it all ended in disappointment for Mark, however, as almost every episode of the series has done thus far Jeremy took more of a back seat in this first episode but then many of the series’ best moments come from following Mark’s exploits while Jeremy provides able support. He still gets many of the best lines too, particularly during interplay with mate and long-time drug user Super Hans. Super Hans’ assertion that the best way to gain employment coming from getting a van leading to a long conversation about becoming ‘men with ven’, Jeremy’s joy at receiving a ‘tippy chair’, plus the discussion of Mark/Jeremy’s ‘Jerry Springer baby’ were early highlights in what was overall a strong opening episode.
