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British sitcom
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Genre
| Sitcom
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Created by
| Simon Blackwell
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Written by
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Directed by
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Starring
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Country of origin
| United Kingdom
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Original language
| English
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No.
of series
| 2
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No.
of episodes
| 12
(
list of episodes
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Executive producers
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- Kenton Allen
- David Mitchell
- Robert Webb
- Simon Blackwell
- Victoria Grew
- Matthew Justice
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Producers
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- Kate Daughton
- Lyndsay Robinson
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Camera setup
| Single-camera
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Running time
| 25 minutes
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Production companies
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Network
| Channel 4
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Release
| 6 September 2017
(
2017-09-06
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25 February 2021
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2021-02-25
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Back
is a
British
sitcom
starring
David Mitchell and Robert Webb
.
[1]
It was filmed and is set in and around
Stroud
,
Gloucestershire
.
[2]
The
Channel 4
series was created by
Simon Blackwell
, and its first series was broadcast from 6 September ? 11 October 2017.
[3]
A second series of six episodes was announced in November 2017;
[4]
filming was scheduled to begin in October 2019.
[5]
On 19 September 2020, Webb announced that the second series' shooting had concluded.
[6]
Series two began airing on 21 January 2021.
[7]
The series premiered on Sundance Now in December 2017 before premiering on
Sundance TV
in the US in September 2018. The second season premiered on 31 March 2021 on sister network
IFC
in the US a week later after it premiered in full on Sundance Now on March 24.
Plot
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After the death of his father, Laurie, 42-year-old Stephen is set to take over the family business, the John Barleycorn pub, in
Stroud
, Gloucestershire. His plans are interrupted when Andrew, a former foster child briefly raised by Stephen's parents, returns to his life eager to renew his relationship with the family. While Andrew quickly charms the rest of Stephen's family ? including his mother Ellen, sister Cass, and uncle Geoff ? Stephen resents Andrew and views him as "a glib, dangerous
sociopath
who's about to steal his family, his business and his life".
[8]
Andrew fondly remembers the time he spent living with the family as happy, whereas Stephen remembers the same time as miserable.
Cast
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- David Mitchell
as Stephen Richard Nichols
[9]
- Sebastian Patterson as Young Stephen
- Robert Webb
as Andrew Thomas Donnelly
[9]
- Caius Luckyn-Malone as Young Andrew
- Penny Downie
as Ellen May Nichols, mother of Stephen and Cass
[10]
- Louise Brealey
as Cassandra Leslie "Cass" Nichols, Stephen's sister
[10]
- Geoffrey McGivern
as Geoff, Stephen’s uncle and Laurie's brother
[10]
- Matthew Holness
as Laurie, Stephen's deceased father, who appears in
flashbacks
- Olivia Poulet
as Alison, Stephen's ex-wife
- Oliver Maltman
as Mike, barman
- Jessica Gunning
as Jan, barmaid
- Michael Wildman
as Tom, Alison's partner
- John Macmillan
as Julian, clergyman
- Julie Dray
as Juliet, the French chef
- Anna Leong Brophy
as Bryony
- Emily Lloyd-Saini
as the vet
- Penny Ryder as Wendy
- Clive Francis
as Phil
- Julian Kostov
as Luca
- Alice Lowe
as Joanna
- Shelley Conn
as Annie
Episodes
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Series 1 (2017)
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Series 2 (2021)
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Reception
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The first season received a
Rotten Tomatoes
of 97% rating based on 20 reviews, summarising the season as, "Intriguing, intelligent, and dripping with searing social satire,
Back
proves a welcome return for collaborators David Mitchell and Robert Webb."
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The second season also had a positive reception, with Metacritic giving a score Rotten Tomatoes reporting a 95% approval rating from 19 reviews.
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The review aggregator website
Metacritic
reported a combined score for both seasons of 85 out of 100 based on 12 reviews .
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