comedian born july british comedian actor writer half comedy duo mitchell alongside duo starred channel sitcom mitchell plays mitchell won performance duo written starred sketch shows including mitchell mitchell mitchell look mitchell starred version apple mac advertisement campaign film released mitchell frequent participant british panel shows team captain host bubble frequent guest panel shows including mock week got news hosts television panel game said radio comedy news programme clock live writer mitchell regularly contributes comment articles early life mitchell ancestry traced born salisbury wiltshire england née hughes hotel managers parents gave jobs lecture look year old mitchell attended primary school elder boys david seven half years old parents son daniel family moved oxford mitchell parents hotel management attended independent preparatory school city interview independent mitchell stated childhood dreams school wanted comedian stroke actor prime minister didn admit people said wanted parents happy didn admit wanted comedian came university met lot people wanted realised okay thing age mitchell educated public school having class primary school prep school moved realised plenty people intelligent turned attention debating drama chance best mitchell took plays largely got play cards backstage roles mainly consisted small minute long parts won role rabbit time consciously aware performance better playing cards mitchell obsessed comedy writing school days felt joke thing prefer parody actual thing education rejected university_of_oxford mitchell went cambridge read history began performing cambridge president academic year mitchell year university met rehearsals production men soon set comedy partnership according mitchell factors detrimental effect studies university attained final exams career early work break comedy mitchell worked usher theatre friday jobs mitchell project january nuclear apocalypse entitled dying look later described fucking terrible leaving university began performing number man shows result performances duo given chance write series big train minor work jack comedy nation break television acting short lived bbc sketch primarily wrote starred featured time bafta winner regular cast member mitchell projects later office fame cast members included additional material provided people including men commissioned sketch entitled mitchell ran episodes defunct channel play despite running mere series reasonably received said series lacked budget magnificent material went far superior vastly greatest forgotten sketch modern times said forth hilarious stream surreal inventive sketches calling cult success released mitchell dvd interview mitchell stated proud way turned annoyed aired small channel mitchell project came starring roles channel sitcom respectively originated writers failed attempt complete team written sitcom bbc old script wanted revive mitchell helped eventually evolving despite low viewing figures got cancelled series received wide critical acclaim called doubt best decade cited saying thing got genuinely excited british thought best sitcom father bbc hailed mitchell performance series citing david reached middle aged men body believe drugs boring systems necessary society function mitchell stated mark enjoys playing agrees mark opinions aired series making longest running sitcom channel_4 history mitchell won work having lost category year nominated won award best television comedy actor british comedy awards pair shared royal television society award comedy performance jointly nominated best television comedy actor british comedy awards won bafta best situation comedy british comedy award best comedy retained following year won best comedy claimed golden rose mitchell projects success mitchell returned sketch comedy sketch mitchell ran series adapted television mitchell look producer described shortest pitch written run series end pair tour called faces mitchell tour criticised succession largely unrelated scenes guardian gave rating stars mitchell look won bafta series awards earned nomination nominated british comedy awards britain highland spring people choice stage tour faces mitchell nominated british comedy award best stage comedy mitchell sound won sony silver award film released directed written mitchell played role named harry later pair recorded pilot sitcom entitled mitchell played ray science fiction writer previously television pilot channel_4 starred mitchell mitchell comedy book mitchell published second book preparation wrote filmed playing shop comedy television pilot men operate business shed bbc commissioners happy mitchell scrapped felt similar new pilot commissioned plan later shelved mitchell voiced robotic duo doctor episode spaceship duo fronted version mac mitchell playing received criticism writing guardian claimed use mitchell curious choice compared characters mac mark stating ads think bit rubbish ultimately british sitcom guide criticised pair selling souls journalist called worse funny accused mitchell act grave betrayal taking corporate work interview telegraph responded duo critics stating asks want funny ads days year paid entire series answer obviously yeah fine interview mitchell said don morally inconsistent comedian right sell computers isn think capitalism evil don like helping baby killing machine duo placed ninth list united_kingdom best television talent named twelfth radio_times list powerful people television comedy solo acting presenting writing work alongside mitchell appeared shows played technical expert owen radio sitcom think played surgeon toby sitcom doctors nurses played kate secretary tim bbc series mitchell appeared roles channel sketch programme received naming worst thing mitchell british sitcom awards year portrayed recurring character bbc sitcom jam jerusalem mitchell small film woman playing english writer named david los_angeles record decided like area preferred filming britain wrote series sketch dead voiced disney animated series narrated reality beauty geek following success mitchell hosted presented clock live series live shows looking week affairs mitchell solo segment entitled listen mitchell run series mitchell presented series online video series short written mitchell criticised variety subjects including bbc doctor television daily_telegraph suggested series sign new comedy increasingly available online television series released dvd provided million government frank warning dangers cocaine drug dog highway code writes columns observer guardian took channel_4 comedy gala benefit held aid arena october mitchell signed deal imprint fourth estate write volume memoirs novel memoirs story memoir published october novel scheduled mitchell played william_shakespeare sitcom broadcast celebrations anniversary playwright death series renewed episodes christmas special scheduled air panel shows mitchell regular participant panel shows leading independent king certainly prince regent panel games mitchell team captain bbc panel opposite run airing series hosted fourteen series panel game inaugural episode said panel comedy mitchell hosts broadcast channel_4 october team captain channel comedy best worst opposite mitchell hosted episodes got news mitchell hosted panel bubble hosted second week channel_4 appeared episode panel parody appeared participants channel heaven hell appeared episodes question time appearances include got news mock week minute charm offensive cats appearances big fat year interview digital_spy mitchell stated enjoyed panel shows game worth playing explained appreciation panel format response criticism fast creator stated september panel comedies overtaking television programming expense sketch shows quote playing golf husband essentially started imagine scene playing golf enjoyable turned fun bit moments like justify existence panel shows written words purely came combination people proves panel shows produce funny way write sitcom sketch place screen think great form entertainment shouldn lose sight radio_times named best comedy panel guest world stating incredibly witty starting look slow following bafta win mitchell ranked annual ranking media people guardian reference presence broadcast print media guardian writer called moment entry list shows times labelled mitchell national institution influences mitchell favourite actor sir lists comedy idols additionally following death british actor february mitchell revealed acted hoped like mitchell identified wise highly influential career personal life mitchell father born ancestry mother welsh mitchell considers british english august mitchell appeared list signatories support open letter guardian opposing scottish independence prior september referendum issue mitchell participation open letter follows observer column concludes british lost country scotland independence mitchell joked personal life interviews stated situations said later added sort right don want forever fundamental thing right years lived london novelist best man wedding met broadcaster party completely decided pursue continued pine december began dating march engagement announced times married november announced birth daughter remains interested history said interview observer years time joining going round odd castle think find anger middle age sets interview stated time thing building ask cricket fan plays occasional game tennis user twitter drive mitchell walks hour day counter bad result lost weight probably bad diet probably drinks constantly checking checking things describes mitchell keen cricket fan written subject guardian favourite television programmes include simpsons called best programme claims watching new comedy cites favourite television programmes stated liking extras 30_rock csi crime scene investigation bleak house tailor soldier spy terry june television programmes realm film television mitchell cites favourite authors claimed remotely interested music appeared radio programme mitchell revealed owns cds seriously dreamed dream credits film television non fictional appearances radio non fictional appearances appearances minute appearances appearance appearance sorry haven clue appearances publications mitchell book memoir thinking makes worse
David Mitchell (comedian)