Join 350,000+ subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of
The Week’s most interesting, enlightening and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.
You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
Want to add more newsletters?
An account already exists for this email address, please log in.
Peep Show: 21st-century angst summed up in six Mark and Jez memes
Channel 4 will finally bid farewell to Jeremy and Mark in the sitcom that defined a generation
The success of the series, which first started in 2003, is partly down to the paranoia and anxieties of Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Robert Webb), which are both painful and entertaining to watch.
The show captures "vastly more about the truth of what it's like to live in the 21st century than any religion has so far managed", says David Berry at the National Post.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Join more than 350,000 subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of The Week’s most interesting, enlightening and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.
Join more than 350,000 subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of The Week’s most interesting, enlightening and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.
The El Dude brothers of Croydon might go one step further than the average person – pretending to be a student in a distant town to woo a woman or eating a dog to avoid upsetting a new love interest. But many of their excruciatingly awkward moments reflect the real-life pressures of the 21st century…
On trust
(Channel 4 /via lolsnaps.com)
On loneliness
Sign up for our Culture & Life newsletter
Your weekly digest of stories about entertainment and leisure, delivered every Friday
