‘Peep Show’ star Matt King says he wants show to return for Christmas special after fan demands

5 September, 2024

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Peep Show star Matt King says he wants the show to return for a Christmas special this year after a demand from fans. 

It comes after a meme did the rounds over the weekend that showed a Peep Cast reunion alongside an image of Liam and Noel Gallagher, following news of the brother’s reunion and 2025 live tour. “The reunion we wanted,” the meme was titled.

After garnering more than 1.5 million likes, Peep Show actor King shared it and tagged the show’s creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, plus the show’s stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb asking if they were “all over this”.

He wrote: “1.5 million views in a day! Are you all over this @sambaintv and @jessearmstrong1 @RealDMitchell and @arobertwebb? And lo, the people have spoken. I’m selling all the Macedonian mopeds as we speak. Back in Blighty by November, just in time to do a Fools and Horses type Christmas special for the whole family to enjoy. God knows, the world needs a pick me up. Peace out. MK.”

Earlier in the weekend, King had shared the meme, joking that if they offered him, Webb and Mitchell “£80million quid” they would “consider doing it.” But then in a pointed reference to how much Oasis are making from the tour (a rumoured £400 million) and the dynamic pricing issues that hit fans over the weekend, he added: “But then again, I wouldn’t stitch up my own fans like that.”

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Celebrating its 20th anniversary last year, Peep Show documented the increasingly tragic lives of bank manager Mark Corrigan (played by Mitchell) and his layabout flatmate/ occasional musician Jeremy Usborne (played by Webb). The show also featured the characters’ friends and partners, including the drug addict Super Hans (played by King) and Olivia Colman as Sophie.

Last year, Peep Show co-writer Sam Bain revealed that they received offers to turn the hit Channel 4 sitcom into a play.

Speaking to NME, Bain said that he and fellow co-writer Armstrong (Succession) had to reject the proposal because they couldn’t figure out how to make the show work on stage.

The iconic comedy was shot through a POV perspective with the actors performing to camera, while the characters’ internal thoughts were added as narration. This format proved to be revolutionary, but it was one Bain and Armstrong knew they wouldn’t be able to replicate on stage.

“There was an offer to do a live Peep Show, a stage show, after the last series, which we did carefully consider because it was coming from some proper people,” said Bain. “But we just, we just couldn’t get our heads around how it would be Peep Show on stage. And I think with that sort of thing, we’d want to be careful.”

Referring to the POV camera angle used in the show, he added: “You sort of can’t [make that work on stage] and then it becomes something very different, and then it’s like, ‘What are we doing?’ But yeah, that was our thought process at the time, I think.”

The cast and crew of Peep Show including actors Robert Webb (R), Matt King (2nd R) and David Mitchell (3rd R) pose in the awards room with the award for Best TV Comedy of 2006 at the British Comedy Awards 2006 at London Television Studios on December 13, 2006 in London, England. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
The cast and crew of Peep Show including actors Robert Webb (R), Matt King (2nd R) and David Mitchell (3rd R) Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

Elsewhere, in a piece reflecting on the show’s legacy with The Guardian, script editor Iain Morris explained how Ricky Gervais helped save the series from being cancelled in its infancy.

“[Channel 4] hated it because it wasn’t rating and they didn’t really understand it,” Morris explained. “I spent a lot of time defending it, probably to the detriment of my career. Gervais, however, was one of the show’s big early supporters, and helped the network decide to keep it on air.

“He kept talking about it. Because The Office was so huge, his love for Peep Showeffectively got it recommissioned.”

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