Peep Show (British tV Series)
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He asks out the IT girl, Dobby (Isy Suttie), although the date ends badly when they find a vomiting Sophie in the toilets, who reveals to Dobby that she is married to him. Dobby remains interested, even when Mark rejects her offer to be his date at his upcoming birthday party to take a young Australian woman whom he had recently met whilst speed dating. Jez runs out of money and steals from Johnson’s credit card and is temporarily evicted by Mark.
Mark is in awe of him. Jim Howick as Gerrard Matthew (series 4-8), Mark’s sickly coworker and sometimes-friend at JLB, and later, his rival for Dobby’s affections. Rachel Blanchard as Nancy (series 2, 4), a free-spirited, exceptionally beautiful but slightly dysfunctional American woman who Jeremy has a relationship with. Sophie Winkleman as Big Suze (series 3-7), Jeremy’s ex-girlfriend and frequent romantic interest. Isy Suttie as Dobby (series 5-9), an IT worker at JLB and a self-confessed misfit, much like Mark, who quickly develops strong feelings for her and the couple have a dysfunctional relationship. She is attractive but naive, How to Price Jewelry to Sell and described by Mark as a “mental posho”.
The television series has been considered one of the best ever produced in the 21st century. Robert Webb as Jeremy “Jez” Usborne, an unemployed aspiring musician and a “work-shy freeloader” who lives in the spare room of Mark’s flat. David Mitchell as Mark Corrigan, a loan manager at fictional company JLB Credit. He is selfish, juvenile, and arrogant, while considering himself to be immensely talented and attractive. Intelligent and hard-working, but also pessimistic and socially awkward, Mark is the owner of the flat in Croydon, which he shares with his friend from university, Jeremy.
Peep Show is a British television sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It was written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb, among others. Peep Show follows the lives of Mark Corrigan (Mitchell) and Jeremy “Jez” Usbourne (Webb), two very different, dysfunctional best friends who share a flat in Croydon, South London. It was broadcast on Channel 4 from 2003 until 2015. In 2010, it became the longest-running comedy in Channel 4 history in terms of years on air.
