Back (TV series)

Back
GenreSitcom
Created bySimon Blackwell
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Kenton Allen
  • David Mitchell
  • Robert Webb
  • Simon Blackwell
  • Victoria Grew
  • Matthew Justice
Producers
  • Kate Daughton
  • Lyndsay Robinson
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release6 September 2017 (2017-09-06) 
25 February 2021 (2021-02-25)

Back is a British sitcom created by Simon Blackwell and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It was broadcast on Channel 4 and ran for two series from 6 September 2017 to 25 February 2021. The programme was filmed and is set in and around Stroud, Gloucestershire.

A second series of six episodes was announced in November 2017; filming was scheduled to begin in October 2019. On 19 September 2020, Webb announced that filming of the second series was complete. The first episode was broadcast on 21 January 2021 on Channel 4.

The first series premiered on Sundance Now in December 2017 before premiering on Sundance TV in the US in September 2018. The second series premiered on 31 March 2021 on sister network IFC in the US a week later after it premiered in full on Sundance Now on March 24.