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Robert Webb
Represented By: Ivan Mulcahy
Robert Webb grew up in Lincolnshire as a prelude to Cambridge University. He joined Cambridge Footlights, where he met David Mitchell and went on to form one of the UK’s most successful comedy partnerships.
Together, they were nominated for and won a clutch of BAFTAs for their starring roles in Channel 4’s longest-running sitcom, Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look for BBC2 .
In theatre, Robert starred as the title role, Bertie Wooster, in the West End version of Jeeves and Wooster – Perfect Nonsense and played Roy in the all-star West End transfer of Neville’s Island.
In 2016, Robert revived the iconic “Jeremy” in the ninth and final series of Peep Show and led the cast in Our Ex-Wife, for BBC 2. Robert reunited with David Mitchell for BBC 2’s Ambassadors and Channel 4 sitcom Back, about a dysfunctional family running a pub, which returned for a second series in 2021.
In 2017 Robert sold his memoir How Not To Be A Boy in a landmark book deal with Canongate and Audible which went onto become a No.1 Sunday Times Best Seller. In March 2020,
Robert’s debut novel Come Again was published by Canongate to an excellent reception from fans and critics alike.
Most recently, he has starred as series antagonist Rufus in Sky and ABC comedy Frayed. He also appeared as series regular Tom in Acorn TV’s Whitstable Pearl and as Justin in Death in Paradise for the BBC.
Represented By: Ivan Mulcahy
Robert Webb grew up in Lincolnshire as a prelude to Cambridge University. He joined Cambridge Footlights, where he met David Mitchell and went on to form one of the UK’s most successful comedy partnerships.
Together, they were nominated for and won a clutch of BAFTAs for their starring roles in Channel 4’s longest-running sitcom, Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look for BBC2 .
In theatre, Robert starred as the title role, Bertie Wooster, in the West End version of Jeeves and Wooster – Perfect Nonsense and played Roy in the all-star West End transfer of Neville’s Island.
In 2016, Robert revived the iconic “Jeremy” in the ninth and final series of Peep Show and led the cast in Our Ex-Wife, for BBC 2. Robert reunited with David Mitchell for BBC 2’s Ambassadors and Channel 4 sitcom Back, about a dysfunctional family running a pub, which returned for a second series in 2021.
In 2017 Robert sold his memoir How Not To Be A Boy in a landmark book deal with Canongate and Audible which went onto become a No.1 Sunday Times Best Seller. In March 2020,
Robert’s debut novel Come Again was published by Canongate to an excellent reception from fans and critics alike.
Most recently, he has starred as series antagonist Rufus in Sky and ABC comedy Frayed. He also appeared as series regular Tom in Acorn TV’s Whitstable Pearl and as Justin in Death in Paradise for the BBC.
Published Works
Author: Robert Webb
Genre: Memoir
THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
RULES FOR BEING A MAN: Don’t Cry; Love Sport; Play Rough; Drink Beer; Don’t Talk About Feelings
But Robert Webb has been wondering for some time now: are those rules actually any use? To anyone?
Looking back over his life, from schoolboy crushes (on girls and boys) to discovering the power of making people laugh (in the Cambridge Footlights with David Mitchell), and from losing his beloved mother to becoming a husband and father, Robert Webb considers the absurd expectations boys and men have thrust upon them at every stage of life.
Hilarious and heartbreaking, How Not To Be a Boy explores the relationships that made Robert who he is as a man, the lessons we learn as sons and daughters, and the understanding that sometimes you aren’t the Luke Skywalker of your life – you’re actually Darth Vader.
“Quite simply brilliant. I (genuinely) cried. I (genuinely) laughed out loud. It's profound, touching, personal yet universal . . . I loved it.”
- JK Rowling“Takes us deftly from hilarity to heart-stopping hurt . . . A truly great read, full of heart.”
- Dawn French“A witty, honest coming-of-age story with a subtext that tackles masculinity and manhood. Webb has a storytelling skill many would kill for.”
- Ian Rankin“A much-needed contribution to the vital conversation about the damage gender can do.”
- Juno Dawson“Frank and compelling . . . Laugh-out-loud funny . . . also, in parts, blink-back-tears sad. Why would I blink back tears rather than give full rein to the emotion? Well, Webb can explain.”
- Mail on Sunday“Written with wit and clarity, How Not To Be a Boy is a funny, rueful, truthful book. I enjoyed every page.”
- Stephen Fry“A brilliant telling of a sad story, it is also a manifesto for a change in attitudes . . . I laughed innumerable times and cried twice . . . You should give a copy to any young male you care about.”
- S Magazine, Sunday Express“Funny, poignant, revealing.”
- Daily Telegraph“Simply brilliant.”
- Joanna Lumley“A brilliant, brave book.”
- Matt Lucas“If you have ever loved, liked or known a man, please read this book.”
- Katy Brand“Very funny and wise on the perils of masculinity.”
- Matt Haig“An amazing book: How Not To Be a Boy is brave, assured, immensely clever, funny and unsparing.”
- Marina Hyde
Authors: David Mitchell & Robert Webb
Genre: Non-Fiction
Dive into the bizarre yet strangely familiar world of Mitchell and Webb – the wittiest men on television, or anywhere else. From the two finest comedians of their generation comes the ultimate Christmas comedy book – lavishly illustrated in colour, containing all sorts of outrageous stuff that will have you laughing into the spring and beyond. David Mitchell and Robert Webb have been hard at work cramming all the comic genius that marked their award-winning TV and radio shows into one very beautiful and very funny hardback book. Ted the snooker commentator’s Hello Magazine photo shoot will be unveiled for the very first time, and expect guest appearances from Dr Jonathan Miller and CSI’s David Caruso. David and Rob have also unearthed Hitler’s lost text messages and some notes Peter Mandelson left on his fridge. They will offer tips on surviving the credit crunch for all those that need them. Expect a board game put together by Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar, a guide to the cheeses of Saudi Arabia, and news of the ever-expanding range of Mitchell and Webb products. This Mitchell and Webb book will be supported by a frankly enormous marketing budget and stunning publicity everywhere. This will be the best comedy book for a long time, not least because David and Robert have put every page together themselves.
“This Mitchell And Webb Book has been constructed with the same care and attention that you find in their TV work, with the duo having produced a deliciously texty book packed with the same kind of slick, idea-rich comic prose that you find in Mitchell's Observer column.”
- The Guardian
Author: Robert Webb
Genre: Fiction
You can’t fall in love for the first time twice . . .
Kate’s husband Luke – the man she loved from the moment she met him twenty-eight years ago – died suddenly. Since then she has pushed away her friends, lost her job and everything is starting to fall apart.
One day, she wakes up in the wrong room and in the wrong body. She is eighteen again but remembers everything. This is her college room in 1992. This is the first day of Freshers’ Week. And this is the day she first meets Luke.
But Luke is not the man that she lost: he’s still a boy – the annoying nineteen-year-old English student she first met. Kate knows how he died and that he’s already ill. If they can fall in love again she might just be able to save him. She’s going to try to do everything exactly the same . .