Back (2017)

Directed by

Ben Palmer

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his hometown and tries to take over the family pub. This unsettles his foster brother who suspects the returnee is not who he claims to be.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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