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[singlepic=4,320,240,,left]It of course wonderful to see Mitchell and Webb back on our screens in the BAFTA award-winning Peep Show, the unique Channel 4 sitcom in which we hear the innermost thoughts of the protagonists, and see things as they see them.

Written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain Peep Show is hilariously consistent, and really is Channel 4’s comedy jewel.

However what I didn’t know is that one of the men behind the idea is Andrew O’Connor - remember him? Described as an “actor, comedian, magician, television presenter” O’Connor is behind a great deal of Channel 4’s comedy output. A long way from No 73 with Sandi Toksvig. He also directed Mitchell & Webb’s 2007 movie The Magicians, as well Ricky Gervais’ brown nose exercises with Christopher Guest and others.[singlepic=35,160,120,,right]

There’s definitely a case for Mitchell & Webb to be on the TV 52 weeks of the year, as long as the quality of their own series and that of Peep Show continues. Last nights second of the new run was excellent, and easily the second funniest show of the day (after, naturally, Have I Got News For You, hosted this week by Bill Bailey)!