Good news for fans of British sketch comedy\u2014and specifically\u00a0That Mitchell And Webb Look, the series that brought us such immortal lines as \u201cAre we the baddies?\u201d and \u201cThat\u2019s Numberwang!\u201d\u2014as the U.K.\u2019s Channel 4 has begun rolling out the promotional apparatus for David Mitchell and Robert Webb\u2019s new sketch series,\u00a0Mitchell & Webb Are Not Helping.<\/p>\n
That includes the above trailer, which shows that neither Ludwig <\/a>star Mitchell nor long-time partner Webb have suddenly aged into the kind of dignity that involves not\u00a0dressing up like supervillains or exploding dogs with a glance. They\u2019re not alone, either: The new trailer prominently features new cast members Stevie Martin and Kiell Smith-Bynoe (both, our brain can\u2019t help but chime in, past\u00a0Taskmaster\u00a0contestants<\/a>), plus Lara Ricote and Krystal Evans, helping to build the satirical chaos.<\/p>\n Although Mitchell and Webb have worked together regularly since\u00a0That Mitchell And Webb Look\u00a0went off the air back in 2010\u2014including scripted shows\u00a0Ambassadors\u00a0and\u00a0Back, and the later seasons of Succession creator Jesse Armstrong\u2019s Peep Show\u2014the new series marks a return to the sketch format that helped make them famous. In the past, their comedy has run the gamut from genuine satire\u2014note the sketch that opens the trailer here, in which Mitchell delivers a depressingly familiar threat to cook the entire planet in about 60 years\u2019 time\u2014to rampant silliness, and doesn\u2019t seem to have slowed down here. (Even if we\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0get a return glimpse at old characters like Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.)<\/p>\n And, in case the trailer wasn\u2019t enough, the show has also deployed a full sketch, too, albeit a fairly simple one: A quick takedown (with Martin and Webb in the villain roles) of exactly how stressful it is to go through airport security of late.
The new series is expected to debut on Channel 4 in September; no word on how it\u2019ll end up making its way over to the U.S. for American comedy nerds to enjoy.<\/p>\n