Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping is a British sketch comedy show starring comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. Its first series, comprising six episodes, has been airing on Channel 4 since 5 September 2025.^[1][2] It was produced by That Mitchell & Webb Company with Big Talk Studios, and producer was Gareth Edwards.^[3][4][5]

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
Genre	Sketch comedy
Created by	Mitchell and Webb
Written by	Mitchell and Webb Krystal Evans Lara Ricote Stevie Martin Kiell Smith-Bynoe Abigail Burdess Sarah Campbell
Directed by	David Sant
Starring	David Mitchell Robert Webb Stevie Martin Kiell Smith-Bynoe Krystal Evans Lara Ricote
Music by	Dobs Vye
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Kenton Allen David Mitchell Robert Webb
Producer	Gareth Edwards
Editor	Mark Henson
Running time	22-26 minutes
Production companies	Big Talk Studios That Mitchell and Webb Company
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	5 September 2025 (2025-09-05) – present

Cast

The main stars of the show were:^[3][2]

• David Mitchell
• Robert Webb
• Stevie Martin
• Kiell Smith-Bynoe
• Krystal Evans
• Lara Ricote

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	6		5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)	10 October 2025 (2025-10-10)	Channel 4

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	VOD release date	Channel 4 broadcast	Viewers (millions)
1	"Episode One"	David Sant	Full ensemble,[a] Abigail Burdess, Natasha Hodgson Additional material: Mollie Goodfellow, Tatenda Shamiso	5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)	5 September 2025	1.8[6]
Sketches: Invention of the toilet, Airport Security, Sweary Aussie Drama, Canonite Suitcase advert, Writers' room (Canonite), Unhelpful Therapist, Prince Andrew docudramas, Pornstar Plumber, Writers' room (Plumber), Evil villain's death ray[7] Also featuring: Charly Clive, Kath Hughes, Anna Morris.
2	"Episode Two"	David Sant	Full ensemble,[a] Abigail Burdess, Sarah Campbell Additional material: Priya Hall	5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)	12 September 2025	N/A
Sketches: Radio interview, Hot Seat, Sweary Aussie Drama, Stab the Pirate game, Steamy detective drama, Horror movie trailer, Hot Seat's Little Stool, Writers' room (word clouds), Grave-digging, ABBA[8] Also featuring: Olivia Colman, Ayoade Bamgboye, Helen Bauer, Lizzie Davidson, Jin Hao Li, Ed Jones, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Josh Pugh, Christian Ridley, Victoria Ridley, Dan Tiernan, Paddy Young.
3	"Episode Three"	David Sant	Full ensemble,[a] Abigail Burdess Additional material: Will Robbins	5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)	19 September 2025	N/A
Sketches: Puritans, Sweary Aussie Drama, Deathlitas, Frustrated spy, Foley artist, Middle-Aged Man Island, Writers' room (appealing to young people), Branboozle, The Matrix stage adaptation[9] Also featuring: Ed Jones, Esme Williams, Anya-Eniola Williams.
4	"Episode Four"	David Sant	Full ensemble,[a] Abigail Burdess, Sarah Campbell, Jin Hao Li	5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)	26 September 2025	N/A
Sketches: Disenchanted teacher, Sweary Aussie Drama, Writers' room (fire drill), Ominous Budget speech, EM Forster (writing circle), EM Forster (delivery driver), Woman seeks daddy, Middle-Aged Man Island, Theatre actor's final words, EM Forster (sauna)[10] Also featuring: Rory Bremner, Charly Clive, Ed Jones.
5	"Episode Five"	David Sant	Full ensemble,[a] Abigail Burdess, Harry Enfield, Ed Jones	5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)	10 October 2025[b]	N/A
Sketches: The Weeping Shed, Writers' room (lawyer censorship), "Passing away" pub chat, Sweary Aussie Drama, Wanking causes climate change, 'Woke' trainers, Police interview, Middle-Aged Man Island, Writers' room ('long chalk')[12] Also featuring: Gareth Edwards.
6	"Episode Six"	David Sant	Full ensemble,[a] Abigail Burdess, Simon Kane, Paddy Young Additional material: Beth Granville, Sarah Mills, Josh Pugh	5 September 2025 (2025-09-05)	3 October 2025[b]	N/A
Sketches: Documentary about hotels, Writers' room (golf), The Weeping Shed, school DBS check, author talks through his agent, Middle-Aged Man Island, unconventional coming out, aliens share a sitcom idea[13] Also featuring: Lizzie Davidson, Jin Hao Li, Ed Jones.

1. David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lara Ricote, Stevie Martin, Krystal Evans
2. For unstated reasons, the linear broadcasts of episode five and six were swapped.^{[11][better source needed]}