David Mitchell & Robert Webb Launch YouTube Channel For ‘Not Helping’ Sketches Plus Original Content
David Mitchell and Robert Webb have launched an official YouTube channel featuring their sketches and original content. The channel aims to reach international audiences and will include a new series where the duo discusses their sketches. This initiative reflects the growing trend of traditional TV players embracing digital platforms.
- ▪The YouTube channel will feature sketches from Channel 4's 'Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping'.
- ▪A new series titled 'Mitchell & Webb Talk About Some Sketches in a Pretend Room' will also be included.
- ▪The channel is a collaboration between Mitchell and Webb's production company and Big Talk Studios.
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'Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping' Channel 4 EXCLUSIVE: In a sign of where the industry is headed, beloved UK comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb have launched an “official global YouTube destination” combining their TV sketches with original content. The @mitchellandwebbofficial channel will initally feature multiple weekly drops of sketches from Channel 4’s Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping, which are “designed to serve international audiences discovering the pair’s work for the first time,” they said. Mitchell and Webb returned to sketch comedy with last year’s Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping and it quickly became Channel 4’s most-watched new scripted comedy for six years.
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