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3	The latest outing of Mitchell and Webb, Back is a British sitcom that aired on Creator/Channel4 in 2017. A second series began airing in the UK in January 2021.
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5	Creator/DavidMitchell stars as Stephen, whose father has just died and bequeathed him a pub. After the failure of his career and marriage, he sees it as a chance to reinvent his life. Creator/RobertWebb plays Andrew, who was briefly fostered by Stephen's father as a child. He turns up at the funeral and decides he wants a hand in running the pub. Stephen's mother Ellen (Penny Downie), his sister Cass (Creator/LouiseBrealey) and his uncle Geoff (Geoffrey [=McGivern=]) are quickly charmed by the new guy. Stephen is resentful – and suspicious.
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7	!!This work contains examples of:
8	* AmicableExes: Stephen and Alison.
9	* ButtMonkey: David Mitchell describes his character as having an "anti-Midas touch": nothing he does or gets involved with ever works.
10	* TheCharmer: Andrew is always eager to please, and good at it.
11	* {{Flashback}}: Used as a device to show Stephen and Andrew's different views of the past. We are a shown a fond memory Andrew has of his time as a foster child. This then contrasted with Stephen's grim memory of the same thing, shown in black and white.
12	* JerkassHasAPoint: Stephen has a good reason to be suspicious of Andrew. No-one else seems to notice, and Stephen's grouchy behaviour doesn't help.
13	* PlotTriggeringDeath: The show begins when Laurie, Stephen's father, dies, with Andrew turning up at the funeral and Stephen inheriting his pub as a result.

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