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100 Questions with Tom Simons · July 2 · 50 min

I asked Robert Webb 100 Questions about Peep Show, David Mitchell & Almost Dying of a Heart Murmur

Robert Webb is an English comedian, actor and writer. He rose to prominence alongside David Mitchell as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. Mitchell and Webb starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Webb plays Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne. Be sure to follow and rate the show! The 100 Questions Patreon is now live! Just head over to https://www.patreon.com/c/100questions for extended cuts of every episode so far INCLUDING Stephen Fry, Stampy and Professor Brian Cox. 00:00 Intro 01:40 Episode Start 03:43 Roberts Reaction to his daughters watching Peep Show... 04:30 Early Life 06:30 Robert on his book "How To Be A Boy" 10:42 Masculinity and losing his mother to cancer 16:18 How did Robert get into Cambridge and Footlights 19:06 Meeting David Mitchell 20:50 Meeting Olivia Colman 22:20 The writing process and being with David Mitchell 24/7 26:38 Dancing with Carrie Fisher in Leicester Square 30:35 Peep Show 38:31 Jesse Armstrong and Succession 39:35 Robert on his heart murmur and how it changed his life 45:58 Final Question Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Robert Webb is an English comedian, actor and writer. He rose to prominence alongside David Mitchell as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. Mitchell and Webb starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Webb plays Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne.

Be sure to follow and rate the show!


The 100 Questions Patreon is now live! Just head over to https://www.patreon.com/c/100questions for extended cuts of every episode so far INCLUDING Stephen Fry, Stampy and Professor Brian Cox.



00:00 Intro 01:40 Episode Start 03:43 Roberts Reaction to his daughters watching Peep Show... 04:30 Early Life 06:30 Robert on his book "How To Be A Boy" 10:42 Masculinity and losing his mother to cancer 16:18 How did Robert get into Cambridge and Footlights 19:06 Meeting David Mitchell 20:50 Meeting Olivia Colman 22:20 The writing process and being with David Mitchell 24/7 26:38 Dancing with Carrie Fisher in Leicester Square 30:35 Peep Show 38:31 Jesse Armstrong and Succession 39:35 Robert on his heart murmur and how it changed his life 45:58 Final Question

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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