David Mitchell and Robert Webb

David Mitchell

Robert Webb

Olivia Colman

James Bachman

Sarah Hadland

Various

The BBC Radio 4 comedy show

All five series of the award-winning sketch show - plus standalone comedy Daydream Believers 
 
'Fresh and full of invention' The Telegraph 
 
Welcome to the inside-out world of Mitchell and Webb, a strange and surreal place populated by misfits, eccentrics, talking animals and a few stray Radio 4 arts programme presenters. 
 
Included here are all five series of their fantastically skewed comedy show, packed with offbeat sketches and peculiar characters. Meet seedy snooker commentators Ted and Peter; poorly matched crime-fighting duo Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit; a cop who doesn't get results but, by God, he does things by the book; and some nervous Nazis who've just noticed their caps have skulls on them... 
 
Find out what James Bond is really like as a party guest; thrill to The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar; and play the maths quiz that everyone is talking about, but no one understands - Numberwang! In addition, you can listen to the Alpine Archers on Radio Switzerland; join Raymond Terrific and his panel of boffins on Big Talk; and tune in to the exciting new reality show Make Me a Celebrity Centaur, featuring soap stars, cutting-edge surgery and some horses. 
 
Absurd, imaginative, and very funny, this acclaimed series won a Sony Silver Award and led to the hugely successful TV series That Mitchell and Webb Look. It stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb, with Olivia Colman, James Bachman and Sarah Hadland. 
 
Also included is the half-hour sci-fi comedy Daydream Believers, in which David Mitchell and Robert Webb star as tetchy novelist Ray and his gormless flatmate Colin and, in a parallel space adventure concocted by Ray, as Baron Amstrad and his retro-looking android Info. The supporting cast incudes Olivia Colman, Mark Benton, Simon Greenall and Mark Evans. 
 
Production credits 
That Mitchell and Webb Sound 
Written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb 
With Olivia Colman, Sarah Hadland and James Bachman 
Produced by Gareth Edwards 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 August-2 October 2003 (Series 1), 10 February-17th March 2005 (Series 2), 24 May-28 June 2007 (Series 3), 25 August-29 September 2009 (Series 4), 26 November-17 December 2013 (Series 5) 
 
Daydream Believers 
Written by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb 
With Olivia Colman, Mark Benton, Simon Greenall and Mark Evans 
Produced by Gareth Edwards 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 2, 5 May 2007 
 
NB: Contains humour that some listeners may find offensive 
 
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David Mitchell and Robert Webb

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