Series synopsis
Peep Show is a British comedy television series that premiered on Channel 4 on September 19, 2003. It ended on December 16, 2015. It was created by Sam Bain, Andrew O'Connor, Jesse Armstrong. It stars David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Neil Fitzmaurice and Sophie Winkleman.
Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.
Premise
Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.
Premise: Welcome to the private world of Jeremy and Mark - two very ordinary weirdos.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- David Mitchell as Mark Corrigan
- Robert Webb as Jeremy Usborne
- Neil Fitzmaurice as Jeff Heaney
- Sophie Winkleman as Big Suze
- Matt King as Super Hans
- Rachel Blanchard as Nancy
- Elizabeth Marmur as Toni
- Olivia Colman as Sophie Chapman
Guest cast
- Rosie Cavaliero as Vicky
- Leanne Wilson as Cafe Girl
- Peter Capaldi as Professor Alistair MacLeish
- Kevin Bishop as Ollie
- Tim Preece as Mr. Klugman
- Philip Herbert as Lazerbowl Manager
- Cheryl Campbell as Penny Chapman
- Paul Clayton as Ian Chapman
- Joe Van Moyland as Jamie Chapman
- Nigel Boyle as JLB Worker
- Ellie Chidzey as Lap Dancer
- Endy McKay as Lisa
Episodes
This series spans 10 seasons with 99 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 45 | December 24, 2010 | |
| Season 1 | 6 | September 19, 2003 | October 24, 2003 |
| Season 2 | 6 | November 12, 2004 | December 17, 2004 |
| Season 3 | 6 | November 11, 2005 | December 16, 2005 |
| Season 4 | 6 | April 13, 2007 | May 18, 2007 |
| Season 5 | 6 | May 2, 2008 | June 6, 2008 |
| Season 6 | 6 | September 18, 2009 | October 23, 2009 |
| Season 7 | 6 | November 26, 2010 | December 29, 2010 |
| Season 8 | 6 | November 25, 2012 | December 24, 2012 |
| Season 9 | 6 | November 11, 2015 | December 16, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jeremy's Audition Tape The 'Audition Tape' for Big Brother pokes fun at the gaggle of self-loving idiots that sign themselves up to that show every year. |
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| 2 |
Jeremy's Last Will & Testament Jeremy's Last Will & Testament, a tie-in for Episode 6, in which he believes he has a fatal disease passed down to him by his uncle. |
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| 3 |
Mark's CV Mark's Video CV, an embarrassingly cheesy affair involving him trying to behave naturally and making all sorts of dreadful puns: definitely essential viewing. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Warring Factions Mark and Jeremy find themselves in competition for the same woman: Toni from next door. This is not the entire problem with Mark and his love life, rather, he is also lusting after Sophie, a co-worker, but finds himself at a loss with how to put his feelings into action. Jeremy is also pre-occupied, but not with love, with his music. |
September 19, 2003 |
| 2 |
The Interview Jeremy faces a dilemma: money vs. art. Should he put all his time and effort into his music and try to 'make it' or should he be like Mark and get a 9 to 5 job to pay the bills (including three months of rent owed to Mark). Sophie is still the object of Mark's desires and he still fumbles about trying desperately to let her know how he feels. |
September 26, 2003 |
| 3 |
On The Pull Mark and Jeremy go to a party to try and find some long lost love, or perhaps someone for the night. At the party Mark meets a cool goth 'teenager' named Valarie, who wants to take their acquaintance to the next level: bowling! This gives Jeremy a chance to hook up with Toni, and allows Mark to take his mind off of Sophie . . . or will it? |
October 3, 2003 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Dance Class Can you love two people at the same time? Jeremy believes you can, and his gorgeous new American girlfriend puts his taboo bashing beliefs to the test. Mark believes you can only love one person. Besides, he and Sophie, the object of his unrequited love, are getting on really well, especially since he starting hacking into her emails. |
November 12, 2004 |
| 2 |
Jeremy Makes It Jeremy is hired by an old school friend to make a soundtrack for a film he's making. Mark makes a new friend at work who turns out to hold a fair amount of prejudice. Meanwhile, Sophie spends time with Jeff. |
November 19, 2004 |
| 3 |
Local Zero Jeremy wants to get closer to Nancy so he tries to impress her by joining in her volunteer work which involves working in a soup kitchen for the homeless. Mark manages to get Johnson to think he is an alcoholic. |
November 26, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mugging Mark has a run-in with some muggers, who steal his precious blackberry - and put him off his stroke with Sophie as a result... Meanwhile, Jeremy faces a tricky dilemma over the love of his life and a potential threesome. |
November 11, 2005 |
| 2 |
Sectioning Mark and Sophie are finally beginning to go steady when Sophie is moved away from London for work. Mark is devastated, so Sophie offers phone sex as a solution, which Mark nervously accepts. Meanwhile, Jeremy is forced to consider getting an old friend sectioned. |
November 18, 2005 |
| 3 |
Shrooming Jeremy plans to throw a secret magic mushroom party in the flat, where he hopes to seduce his ex, Big Suze. But when Mark suddenly comes home from work with gastric flu, Jeremy's plans go to pieces. |
November 25, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sophie's Parents Mark continues to dread the impending doom of his wedding day, still questioning his actions from the previous season. Both Mark and Jeremy meet Sophie's parents and brother- leading to disaster with arson, sex with a parent and drunken arguments. |
April 13, 2007 |
| 2 |
Conference Johnson returns, immediately taking a shine to Big Suze, proposing a deal involving her to Jeremy. Mark is caught up in Johnson's "Project Zeus" with his reputation at the workplace hanging in the balance. Geoff makes his first appearance of the season, and Sophie spends some alone time with Jeremy in the hotel room. |
April 20, 2007 |
| 3 |
Gym In order to avoid spending time with Sophie, Mark gets a gym membership. Whilst there he discovers that Jeremy's ex-wife Nancy is working there. Mark tells Jeremy who then becomes desperate to get back together with her. He decides to take a job as a cleaner at the gym and sets about stopping her from dating Mark's personal trainer Matt. |
April 27, 2007 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Burgling It's not so long since Mark's new bride Sophie stumbled from the car, looking in appalled fascination at her husband of ten minutes and sobbed, "He's horrible!" As we return for the fifth series of this engagingly filthy comedy, Mark (David Mitchell) is getting drunk and maudlin on wedding champagne as his flatmate Jeremy (Robert Webb) urges him to go out on a double-date: "Beggars can't be choosers, she's an actual woman." Mark - remember, this is a man who once based his romantic strategy on the Siege of Stalingrad - arms himself with a copy of the Friends of the British Museum magazine and goes forth again to search for love. |
May 2, 2008 |
| 2 |
Spin War Mark and Sophie return to work, while Jeremy renews his acquaintance with the depraved Super Hans, in yet another filthy, funny episode. |
May 9, 2008 |
| 3 |
Jeremy's Broke Jeremy finally runs out of money and finds himself on a downward spiral of hunger, homelessness and criminality. Meanwhile Mark needs to find a girlfriend before his birthday party. |
May 16, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jeremy at JLB Newly promoted Mark decides to enjoy his additional power and wealth by splashing out on a boiler, a 'creamy elephant' sofa and by finding Jeremy a job in the office. Things are also looking promising for Mark in his pursuit of Dobby, the company IT girl. However, a routine fire drill puts his plans into total disarray. |
September 18, 2009 |
| 2 |
The Test Mark makes a final play for Dobby, the object of his desires. Meanwhile, Jeremy meets a new love, Russian émigré Elena. Both guys are determined to impress, but one of them is an expectant father. And when the pregnant Sophie spills the beans, both Mark and Jeremy's worlds change forever. |
September 25, 2009 |
| 3 |
Jeremy in Love Jeremy realises that he's in love with Elena and decides to be generally less selfish to win her affection. He also thinks it might be a good idea to tell her he loves her, but Mark isn't so sure... |
October 2, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
St Hospital's Mark and Jeremy are at the hospital awaiting the birth of Mark's baby. Sophie is determined to have a natural birth and doesn't want Mark to transfer any of his anxiety to the baby. Meanwhile, Jeremy is convinced he will never get over losing Elena, until he meets Zahra, whose boyfriend is in a coma. |
November 26, 2010 |
| 2 |
Man Jam Dobby, the object of Mark's desires, is now dating a graphic designer named Simon. Both Gerrard and Mark are determined to win her affections. Ben offers Jeremy the ideal job as head of development for his music web site. |
December 3, 2010 |
| 3 |
A Beautiful Mind Jeremy holds a book group at the flat in an effort to try and impress Zahra but apart from Mr Nice, Jeremy has never read a book. Mark is concerned by not being able to satisfy Dobby's sexual needs and decides to get some help for the problem. |
December 10, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jeremy Therapised Mark has asked Dobby to move in with him, and Jeremy is faced with the prospect of moving out to make way. But Jeremy has been dragging his heels and Mark is increasingly worried that Dobby will move in with his rival, Gerrard instead. |
November 25, 2012 |
| 2 |
Business Secrets of the Pharaohs Mark gets a lucky break when his book, 'Business Secrets of the Pharaohs', is accepted by a 'publisher'. Jeremy, in an attempt to kick-start his career, enrols on a life-coaching course. |
December 2, 2012 |
| 3 |
The Love Bunker Simon, Dobby's ex-boyfriend, invites Mark, Dobby, Jeremy and Superhans to join him and his friends for a paintballing weekend. Mark is convinced that Simon is using the weekend as a cover to get back with Dobby, and Jeremy is convinced he can life coach Neil, Simon's best friend. |
December 9, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The William Morris Years Time has not healed the rift between former friends Mark and Jeremy. When Jeremy has to ask for a loan, Mark sees his chance for revenge... |
November 11, 2015 |
| 2 |
Gregory's Beard Mark and Jeremy are reunited in the flat, Super Hans prepares for his wedding day, putting Mark under pressure as his best man. But there's a perk - Dobby will be there. |
November 18, 2015 |
| 3 |
Threeism Jeremy's love life takes a surprising turn, as Mark is dealing with his own matters of the heart. |
November 25, 2015 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Channel 4 |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 19, 2003 |
| Last aired | December 16, 2015 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |