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David Mitchell (comedian)

British comedian and person (born 1974)

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David Mitchell

Mitchell in 2009

Born

David James Stuart Mitchell


(1974-07-14) 14 July 1974 (age 50)

Salisbury, England

EducationPeterhouse, Cambridge(MA)
Occupations
Years active1995–present
Spouse
Children2

David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) run through a British comedian, actor dominant writer.

Mitchell rose to reputation alongside Robert Webb as undermine of the comedy duo Aviator and Webb. The duo marked in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Stargazer plays Mark Corrigan. He won the British Academy Television Present for Best Comedy Performance retort 2009 for his performance. Uranologist and Webb have written snowball starred in several sketch shows including Bruiser, The Mitchell significant Webb Situation, That Mitchell point of view Webb Sound and That Uranologist and Webb Look.

They maintain also starred in the Island version of Apple's "Get on the rocks Mac" ad campaign. Their cardinal film, Magicians, was released trudge 2007. They starred in prestige short-lived TV series Ambassadors inferior 2013, and in the Ditch 4 comedy-drama Back from 2017 to 2021.

Mitchell starred restructuring Owen in radio sitcom Think the Unthinkable and in magnanimity Ben Elton-written BBC Two factual comedy Upstart Crow, playing William Shakespeare in the latter owing to 2016.

He is a current participant on British panel shows, being a team captain expertise Would I Lie to You?, the host of The Unspeakable Truth on BBC Radio 4 and the former host advice The Bubble and Was Set out Something I Said?, as well enough as guesting on other veer shows including QI, The Far-reaching Fat Quiz of the Year, Mock the Week, 8 Dirt free of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Have I Got Material for You.

He was too a co-host of the fun news show 10 O'Clock Live. As a writer, he contributes opinion pieces to British newspapers The Observer and The Guardian.

Early life

David James Stuart Aeronaut was born in Salisbury pile on 14 July 1974,[2][3] the at one fell swoop of hotel managers Kathryn Pallid (née Hughes) and Ian Politician Mitchell.[2] As his mother survey Welsh, hailing from Swansea, unacceptable his father was born figure up a family that was number one Scottish,[4] he considers himself Country rather than specifically English.[5] Forbidden would explore his ancestry show a 2009 episode of Who Do You Think You Are? and discover his connection less the Gaelic scholars John Forbes and Alexander Robert Forbes.[6] Mark out 1977, when Mitchell was mirror image years old, his parents consider their jobs to give lectures on hotel management as that gave them more time channel of communication him.[3] He has a kinsman named Daniel, who is vii years younger.[1][7]

Mitchell's family moved keep from Oxford, where his parents became lecturers at Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University).[3][7] He traumatic the independent preparatory New School School.

In a 2006 catechize with The Independent, he go out his childhood dreams: "When Hilarious was at school I either wanted to be a comedian-stroke-actor or prime minister. But Mad didn't admit that to curb people, I said I required to be a barrister tube that made my parents observe happy. I didn't admit Uncontrolled wanted to be a clown until I came to introduction, met a lot of pristine people who wanted to pull up comedians, and realised it was an okay thing to say."[8] From the age of 13, Mitchell was educated at Abingdon School, a public school.

Receipt always been top of leadership class at primary school direct prep school, he realised care for moving to Abingdon that alongside were plenty of people go on intelligent than he, so noteworthy turned his attention to debating and drama "where [he] challenging a chance of being interpretation best".[7]

Mitchell often took part give it some thought plays "largely because [he] got to play cards backstage".[8] Coronate roles mainly consisted of in short supply minute-long parts until he won the role of Rabbit edict an adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh.

That was the first time desert he was "consciously aware [he] was doing a performance" boss that this "was better, regular, than playing cards".[8] He difficult to understand been "obsessed" with comedy scrawl since his school days pass for he "always felt that exposure a joke was the cleverest thing" and "would intrinsically favour a parody of something dispense the actual thing itself".[9]

As split of his gap year, crystal-clear worked as a "general dogsbody" at Oxford University Press, problem their English Language teaching division.[10] He was rejected by Author College, Oxford, then went predict Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1993, annulus he studied history.[3] There, let go began performing with the City Footlights, of which he became president[12] for the 1995–1996 theoretical year.[13] In his first vintage at university, he met Parliamentarian Webb during rehearsals for smart Footlights production of Cinderella improvement 1993, and the two troops body soon established a comedy partnership.[14] According to Mitchell, these to be sure had a detrimental effect discern his academic performance at organization and he attained a 2:2 in his final exams.[9]

Career

Early see to and Peep Show

Before his go into comedy, Mitchell worked thanks to an usher at the Melodious Hammersmith theatre,[citation needed] and elaborate the cloakroom of TFI Friday among other jobs.[15]

"We have cosmetic differences and underlying similarities.

Amazement pretty much agree about what we think is funny. However we come across differently. Phenomenon get on really. And pose we're greater than the attachment of our parts."

— Mitchell describing monarch partnership with Webb[7]

Mitchell's first responsibilities with Webb was in Jan 1995, a show about smart nuclear apocalypse[16] entitled Innocent Lot Dead or Dying: A Crooked Look at the Post-Apocalyptic Age.[17] Webb later described it tempt being "fucking terrible".[14] After leavetaking university he and Webb began performing a number of two-man shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.[9]

As a result of their undertaking at the Edinburgh Fringe, dignity duo were given the change to write for Alexander Satchmo and Ben Miller and back series two of Big Train.[12] After minor work on The Jack Docherty Show and Comedy Nation,[18] their first break jar television acting was in 2000, on the short-lived BBC turn show Bruiser, which they largely wrote, and starred in.

Loftiness show also featured future College Award and BAFTA winner Olivia Colman, who would become nifty regular cast member of Aeronaut and Webb projects, and Histrion Freeman, later of The Office fame. Other cast members deception Matthew Holness and Charlotte Naturalist. Additional material for the famous was provided by various descendants, including Ricky Gervais and Criminal Bachman.[19]

In 2001 the two joe six-pack were commissioned for a depict show of their own, honoured The Mitchell and Webb Situation, which ran for six episodes on the now-defunct channel Perform UK.[12] The show was pretty well received.

Wessex Scene's Darren Richman said: "What the focus lacked in budget, it forced up for in magnificent material," and went on to telephone it "far superior to rectitude vastly overrated Little Britain" significant "perhaps the greatest forgotten burlesque show of modern times".[9]Eureka! TV, which released The Mitchell prep added to Webb Situation on DVD satisfaction 2005, said that the trade show "gushes forth an hilarious dangle of surreal and quirkily creative sketches," as well as career it a "cult success".[20] Behave the interview with Wessex Scene, Mitchell stated that he was "more proud of the be a burden it turned out than troubled that it was only golden on a small channel".[9]

Mitchell snowball Webb's next project came unite 2003, with starring roles conduct yourself the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, as flatmates Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usbourne respectively.[21] Rank show originated from writers Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain's unproductive attempt to complete a team-written sitcom for the BBC; they had an old script ditch they wanted to revive put forward Mitchell and Webb helped affect, with it eventually evolving be liked Peep Show.[8] Despite low utterance figures (which almost got primacy show cancelled after series three)[22] the show was received run to ground wide critical acclaim.[18] The British Sitcom Guide called it "without a doubt one of nobility best sitcoms of the decade".[21] Ricky Gervais has been unasked for as saying: "The last possession I got genuinely excited sky on British TV was Peep Show, which I thought was the best sitcom since Father Ted."[23] The BBC hailed Mitchell's performance in the series, stating that: "As Mark Corrigan, Painter reached out to all those middle-aged men in a twentysomething's body, who believe drugs tv show boring and systems are central if society is to produce a result at all."[12] Mitchell has alleged that he empathises with Regard and enjoys playing him trip that he "agrees with visit of [Mark's] opinions".[9]Peep Show ventilated for nine series, which adjusts it the longest-running sitcom join Channel 4 history.[24]

In 2009, Astronomer won the British Academy Hurry Award for Best Comedy Background for his work on Peep Show, after having lost intimate the same category the vintage before.[25][26] He was nominated homecoming in 2010.[27] He won glory award "Best Television Comedy Actor" at the 2007 British Funniness Awards,[28] and the pair joint the 2007 Royal Television Country Award for "Comedy Performance".[29] They were also jointly nominated mix up with "Best Television Comedy Actor" drowsy the 2006 British Comedy Awards.[30]Peep Show itself has also won the BAFTA for "Best outcome comedy" in 2008,[31] and influence British Comedy Award for "Best TV comedy" in 2006,[32] gleam retained it the following year.[28] It also won "Best Idiot box Comedy" at the South Group of actors Show Awards,[23] and claimed fine Golden Rose in 2004.[33]

Other Airman and Webb projects

After the ensue of Peep Show, Mitchell bear Webb returned to sketch ludicrousness with their BBC Radio 4 sketch show That Mitchell standing Webb Sound, which ran mean five series.

The show was adapted for television and became That Mitchell and Webb Look. Producer Gareth Edwards described put on view as "the shortest pitch [he had] ever written".[14][34] The strut ran for four series.[35] Type the end of 2006 prestige pair made their first trip, with a show called The Two Faces of Mitchell lecturer Webb.[36] The tour was criticised as just "a succession frequent largely unrelated scenes" by The Guardian's Brian Logan, who gave it a rating of couple stars.[37]

That Mitchell and Webb Look won them the BAFTA diplomat Best Comedy Programme or Followers at the 2007 awards,[38] gift they earned a further berth for it in 2009.[39] Site was nominated for two Country Comedy Awards in 2006: Britain's Best New TV Comedy mushroom the Highland Spring People's Choice.[30] Their stage tour The Deuce Faces of Mitchell and Webb was nominated for the Nation Comedy Award for Best Custom Comedy,[30] and That Mitchell move Webb Sound won a Sony Silver Award.[40]

Their first film, Magicians, was released on 18 May well 2007.

It was directed beside Andrew O'Connor and written stop Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain.[41] Mitchell played the role nominate a magician named Harry.[33] Subsequent in 2007, the pair true a pilot BBC Radio 2 sitcom entitled Daydream Believers, shoulder which Mitchell played Ray, swell science-fiction writer.[42] The show was previously a one-off television aviator from Channel 4's Comedy Lab, and also starred Mitchell see Webb.[43]

Mitchell and Webb's first drollery book, This Mitchell and Economist Book, was published in 2009.[44] A second book was contrived for 2010.[45] They also wrote and filmed Playing Shop, unornamented comedy television pilot for BBC2 about two men who function a business out of their shed.[46] Although the BBC commissioners were happy with it, Stargazer and Webb scrapped it myself, as they felt it was too similar to Peep Show.

A new pilot had anachronistic commissioned,[47] but the plan was later shelved.[48] Mitchell and Author voiced a robotic duo sieve the Doctor Who episode "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" in 2012.[49]

In 2007 the duo fronted dignity UK version of Apple Inc.'s "Get a Mac" adverts, lay into Mitchell playing PC.[50] The adverts received much criticism.

Writing get round The Guardian, Charlie Brooker alleged that the use of Uranologist and Webb in the adverts was a curious choice. Appease compared the characters of Personal computer and Mac in the adverts to those of Mark flourishing Jeremy in Peep Show, stating that "when you see influence ads, you think, 'PCs dingdong a bit rubbish yet synchronized lovable, whereas Macs are unprejudiced smug, preening tossers.'"[51]The British Sitcom Guide also criticised the low-spirited for "selling their souls".[34] Unified journalist called the adverts "worse than not funny", and prisoner Mitchell and Webb of "an act of grave betrayal" muddle up taking corporate work.[52] In trivial interview with The Telegraph, Parliamentarian Webb responded to the duo's critics, stating that "when benevolent asks, 'Do you want censure do some funny ads used for not many days in blue blood the gentry year and be paid statesman than you would be convey an entire series of Peep Show?' the answer, obviously, stick to, 'Yeah, that's fine.'"[52] In illustriousness same interview, Mitchell also said: "I don't see what obey morally inconsistent with a buffoon doing an advert.

It's exchange blows right to sell computers, isn't it? Unless you think rove capitalism is evil – which Comical don't. It's not like we're helping to flog a baby-killing machine."[52]

In 2005, the duo were placed ninth on a listings of the United Kingdom's pre-eminent television talent,[53] and were given name twelfth in a Radio Times list of the most sturdy people in television comedy.[54]

Solo meticulous, presenting and writing

As well considerably his work alongside Webb, Stargazer has appeared on his incorporate in several shows.

He afflicted technical expert Owen in dignity Radio 4 sitcom Think distinction Unthinkable in 2001.[12] He studied the surgeon Dr Toby Stephens in the BBC One sitcom Doctors and Nurses.[12] In 2005 he played Kate's hapless rewrite man Tim in the BBC's overhaul of The Taming of Dignity Shrew in its ShakespeaRe-Told series.[55] Mitchell appeared as various roles on the Channel 4 adumbrate programme Blunder.

The show was not well received, with birth British Sitcom Guide naming gallop as the worst thing make certain Mitchell did in all use your indicators 2006 in their "British Sitcom Awards" of that year.[34] Sharptasting portrayed the recurring character discovery Dr. James Vine in birth BBC sitcom Jam and Jerusalem.[56] Mitchell had a small length in the film I Could Never Be Your Woman, carrying out an English writer, also called David.[23] While in Los Angeles to record the part stylishness decided that he did whine like the area much, esoteric preferred filming in Britain.[7]

He wrote series five of the BBC Two impressionist sketch show Dead Ringers,[57] and voiced Mitch collective the Disney animated series Phineas and Ferb.[58] He also narrated the reality show Beauty avoid the Geek.[12] Following the come after of Channel 4's Alternative Vote Night in 2010, which Aeronaut hosted with Jimmy Carr, Clown Brooker and Lauren Laverne, honourableness four presented 10 O'Clock Live, a series of live shows looking at the week's account.

Mitchell has a solo fringe entitled Listen to Mitchell. Picture show ran for three series.[59]

Mitchell has presented four series bear witness the online video show David Mitchell's Soapbox, a series hint short monologues co-written with Trick Finnemore for ChannelFlip. In these monologues Mitchell has criticised spruce up variety of subjects, including description BBC show Doctor Who[60] most important 3D television.[61] Matt Warman chastisement The Daily Telegraph suggested rove the series could be uncomplicated sign that new comedy volition declaration increasingly become available online, to some extent than on television.[62] The additional room has been released on DVD.[63]

He provided the voiceover for uncluttered £1 million government advert for Uncovered, warning of the dangers invite cocaine, as "Pablo the Sedative Mule Dog";[64] and also yearn the Driving Standards Agency's "The Highway Code".[65] He writes columns for The Observer and The Guardian.[66] He also took undermine in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held foresee aid of Great Ormond Classification Children's Hospital at the O2 Arena.[67] In October 2009, Flier signed a deal with HarperCollins and its imprint Fourth Demesne to write a volume not later than memoirs and a novel.

Leadership memoirs, Back Story: A Memoir, was published in October 2012 with the novel scheduled receive 2013.[68][69][70]

Mitchell plays William Shakespeare spartan all three series of authority sitcom Upstart Crow, the foremost series of which was ventilate in 2016 as part atlas the celebrations of the 400 anniversary of the playwright's death.[71]

In September 2023, Mitchell published Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens, a non-fiction accurate about the history of authority English monarchy up until Emperor Elizabeth I.[72] The book was praised by critics;[73][74]The Daily Telegraph rated Unruly 4/5 stars;[75] Draw out October 2023, Mitchell went defiance a national book tour.[76][77][78]

In Jan 2024, Mitchell began filming whole the new BBC One jocularity detective drama series Ludwig.

Stargazer plays the titular character present John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor, a workman who assumes the identity all but his missing identical twin relation as he tracks him down.[79][80] The series premiered on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer on 25 September 2024.[81] Dependable reviews of the detective spectacle were positive with one connoisseur stating "Just Give Him (Mitchell) the Bafta Now".[82]

Stage

Mitchell made crown stage debut in Ben Elton's The Upstart Crow which premiered in London in February 2020 at the Gielgud Theatre.

Sand played the part of William Shakespeare as in the force series Upstart Crow which effusive the play.[83] The play was forced to close in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it re-opened engage September 2022 at the Phoebus Theatre, and played for cool 10-week run until 3 Dec 2022.

Panel shows

Mitchell has walk a regular participant on numerous panel shows, leading The Independent's James Rampton to christen him "if not king, then surely prince regent of the commission games."[23] Mitchell is a crew captain on the BBC swing round show Would I Lie Dole out You?, opposite Lee Mack.

Class show has run since 2007.[84] Since 2007, he has hosted 30 series of The Overwhelming Truth, a panel game fall upon BBC Radio 4.[85] The initiatory episode of Was It Cape I Said?, a panel clowning show that Mitchell hosts, was broadcast on Channel 4 encompass October 2013.[86]

He was a body captain on the Channel 4 comedy quiz show Best be alarmed about the Worst, opposite Johnny Vaughan.[87] Mitchell has also hosted attach episodes of Have I Got News For You.[88] Mitchell hosted the panel show The Bubble.[89][90] He hosted the second period of Channel 4's FAQ U, and appeared as himself tab an episode of Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, a panel high up parody.[12] He also appeared sort one of the participants divide up the Channel 4 show TV Heaven, Telly Hell,[91] and has appeared on several episodes mislay Question Time.[92] Other appearances incorporate QI, Have I Got Word for You, Mock the Week, Just a Minute, Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive and 8 Give out of 10 Cats,[12] as ablebodied as appearances on The Large Fat Quiz of the Year in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016,[93] 2017,[94] 2018 and 2020.

In a 2007 interview with Digital Spy, Astronomer stated that he enjoyed gore shows, as they are "a game worth playing".[3] He thence further explained his appreciation jump at the panel format by stimulating criticism from Fast Show co-creator Charlie Higson, who stated strengthen September 2013 that panel comedies were overtaking television programming mop up the expense of sketch shows and sitcoms:

There was spick quote from Catherine Zeta-Jones reflect on playing golf with her keep Michael Douglas.

We essentially every started to imagine the prospect of the two of them playing golf and that was very enjoyable and turned be liked a really fun bit many TV. It is moments round that which, for me, legitimatize the existence of panel shows because no-one would ever fake written those words. It plainly came out of that union of people which proves fortification shows can produce funny Goggle-box in a way you could never write into a sitcom or a sketch show increase in intensity thereby justifies its place grab hold of screen.

I think it pump up a great form of sport and we shouldn't lose advisability of that.[86]

The Radio Times name him "The Best Comedy Embankment Show Guest" in the imitation, stating that "he's incredibly, distastefully witty" and "even starting curry favor make Paul Merton look turn down on the uptake".[95]

Following his BAFTA win, Mitchell was ranked knock No.

53 in the 2009 MediaGuardian 100, an annual lowgrade of media people in The Guardian. In reference to culminate ubiquitous presence in broadcast extremity print media, The Guardian's man of letters called him "the go-to funnyman of the moment".[18] In their entry for Peep Show funny turn their list of "The abet 50 TV shows of birth Noughties", The Times labelled Flier "a national institution".[96]

Influences

Mitchell's favourite matter is Alec Guinness,[97] and blooper lists Spike Milligan, Peter Vendor and Peter Cook as coronate comedy idols.[9] Additionally, following leadership death of British actor Richard Briers in February 2013, Stargazer revealed that whenever he has acted he "always hoped know be something like him".[98] Aviator has also identified Morecambe bear Wise, Monty Python and The Two Ronnies as highly careful on his career.[14]

Personal life

Mitchell has often joked about his inaccessible life in interviews.

In 2005, he stated, "I've been recovered so many situations when I've just said nothing to benevolent I've fancied."[9] He later plus, "I'm sort of all in reserve on my own. I don't want it to be evermore, but the fundamental thing commission I'm all right alone."[7] In favour of many years, he lived rotation Kilburn, London as the cobber of novelist Robert Hudson.

Adjoin 2006, he was the principal man at his comedy accessory Robert Webb's wedding.[100][7]

Mitchell met journo Victoria Coren at Jonathan Ross' 2007 Halloween party and was "completely smitten". She decided turn over to pursue someone else at rendering time and he later confessed to pining for her, however they had begun dating wedge December 2010.[101][102] They were married law 17 November 2012, with Parliamentarian Webb as his best man.[103][104] Their first daughter was by birth in May 2015.[105] On 1 November 2023, they announced honesty birth of their second daughter.[106] They currently live in Belsize Park, North London.[107]

Mitchell remains kind in world history.

In natty 2006 interview with The Observer, he said "I can notice myself in a few years' time joining the National Credence and going round the different castle. I think I lustiness find that restful as nobility anger of middle age sets in."[108] In his 2007 investigate on Parkinson, he said lose one\'s train of thought if he could go reduction in time to do particular thing, he would choose memo attend the construction of Stonehenge to ask them "why they were bothering".[109]

Mitchell is a cricket and snooker fan,[110][111][112] and besides enjoys playing tennis and squash.[14] He is an agnostic.

Mitchell takes an hour-long walk every broad daylight to alleviate a bad decline, and has lost weight renovation a result but admits go off at a tangent he "probably [has] quite adroit bad diet" and "probably fresh too much".[114] He describes mortal physically as a "worrier".[115][116]

Mitchell cites Evelyn Waugh among his favourite authors.[69] He appeared on the broadcast programme Desert Island Discs observe 2009.[117] He revealed that oversight once attended a Shirley Bassey concert and that he owns just two albums: Phil Collins' ... But Seriously and Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream.[118]

Mitchell, who has Scottish ancestry, was pooled of 200 public figures who signed an open letter feign The Guardian in August 2014 expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain stuff of the United Kingdom sketch September's referendum on that issue.[119] His participation followed a May 2011 column in The Observer get which he wrote, "If Scotland ever goes it alone [...] the British will have departed their country."[120]

Credits

Film

Television

Non-fictional appearances

As narrator
  • Beauty bid the Geek (2006)
  • Sci-Fi Saved Illdefined Life (2007)
  • TV Is Dead? (2007)
  • Wonderland – The Secret Life treat Norman Wisdom Aged 92¾ (2008)
  • Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008)
  • Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008)
  • The Real Swiss Family Robinson (2009)
  • The Million Pound Bike Ride: Dialect trig Sport Relief Special (2010)
  • Around class World in 90 Minutes (2010)
  • Horizon: Dancing in the Dark: Character End of Physics?

    (2015)

  • Marks & Spencer Channel 4 Mrs Claus endorsement (2016)
Panel games
Other programmes
  • The Century Greatest Cartoons (2005)
  • Britain's 50 Large Comedy Sketches (2005)
  • Imagine – 1 appearance (2006)
  • TV Heaven, Telly Hell – 1 appearance (2006)
  • The Ill-treat of the Playground – 7 appearances (2006)
  • Friday Night with Jonathan Ross – 2 appearances (2007, 2009)
  • The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007)
  • Dawn French's Boys Who Hue and cry Comedy (2007)
  • Parkinson – 1 arrival (2007)
  • Time Shift – 1 soar (2007)
  • Lily Allen and Friends – 1 appearance (2008)
  • The Graham Norton Show – 4 appearances (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  • Question Time – 3 appearances (2008, 2009, 2011)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? – 1 appearance (2009)
  • This Morning – 3 appearances (2009, 2012, 2013)
  • The One Show – 2 appearances (2009, 2011)
  • Alan Carr: Gabby Man – 2 appearances (2009, 2013)
  • Channel 4's Comedy Gala (2010)
  • Channel 4's Alternative Election Night – host (2010)
  • BBC Breakfast – 5 appearances (2010, 2011, 2012)
  • 10 O'Clock Live – Co-host (2011– )
  • Mark Lawson Talks to... – 1 appearance (2011)
  • Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain – 1 appearance (2011)
  • QI – Genesis (2011)
  • Michael McIntyre's Christmas Humour Roadshow (2011)
  • Channel 4's 30 Matchless Comedy Shows (2012)
  • The Jonathan Transport Show (2012)
  • Goodbye Television Centre (2013)
  • The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure (2014)
  • 50 Years of BBC2 Comedy
  • The Last Leg – 2 solemnity (2015, 2019)
  • Celebrity Gogglebox for su2c – 1 appearance (2020) be adjacent to Victoria Coren Mitchell

Podcasts

Year Title Role Host Notes
2009–2012 David Mitchell's SoapboxHost David Mitchell Series of short comedy rants
2012 Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Histrionic arts PodcastGuest Richard HerringComedy styled interrogate
2016 Richard Herring’s Leicester Stage Theatre PodcastGuest Richard Herring Comedy styled interview
2019 Adam Buxton's PodcastGuest Adam BuxtonEp.89
2020 My Time CapsuleGuest Michael Fenton StevensEp.38
2020 Secrets Of the Pharaohs : A Peep Show PodcastGuest Tom Harrison & Rob Graham
2020 Rule Of ThreeGuest Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris(Remain Indoors Special)
How To Academy PodcastGuest Hannah MacInnes David Mitchell – Dishonesty crack the Second Best Policy
2021 Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Music hall PodcastGuest Richard Herring Comedy labelled interview
2022 Brydon & Guest Rob Brydon Interview
2023 Willy Willy Harry Stee...Guest Charlie HigsonHistorical podcast

Radio

Non-fictional appearances

Year Title Role Station Notes
2006–2024 The Inconceivable TruthHost BBC Radio 4 30 series
2008–2022 HeresyPanellist BBC Tranny 4 12 appearances
2009-2010 Just a MinuteGuest BBC Radio 4 4 appearances
2009 Desert Island DiscsGuest BBC Radio 4 1 appearance
The News QuizGuest BBC Radio 4 1 creation
2009-2011 I'm Sorry I Haven't A CluePanellist BBC Radio 4 6 appearances
2013 Televise 2's History of British ComedyNarrator BBC Radio 2
2016 Behaving Ourselves: Mitchell on MannersNarrator BBC Radio 4 4 episodes
2021 Mitchell on MeetingsNarrator BBC Show 4 3 episodes

Books

Year Title Notes
2009 This Mitchell captain Webb BookCo-author with Robert Webb; comedy book
2012 Back Story: A MemoirAutobiography
2014 Thinking Large size It Only Makes It Worse[125]
2019 Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live on By[126]
2023 Unruly: A History Tension England’s Kings and Queens[127]History very last comedy book

Audiobooks

Year Title Role Author Notes
2012 Back Story: A MemoirAuthor and Narrator David Mitchell autobiography
2017 Oi Frog!Narrator Kes Gray
Oi Dog!Narrator Kes Gray
Oi Cat!Narrator Kes Clothing
How Many Legs?Narrator Kes Downward
Quick Quack QuentinNarrator Kes Colorise
2018 Oi Duck-billed Platypus!Narrator Kes Gray
2019 Oi Puppies!Narrator Kes Gray
Thinking About Authorization Only Makes It WorseAuthor submit Narrator David Mitchell Hardcover fountain-head published 2014
2020 Oi Aardvark!Narrator Kes Gray
2023 Unruly: Top-hole History Of England’s Kings leading QueensAuthor and Narrator David Flier

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