Channel 4's Back knows the provincial pub is Britain in microcosm
Channel 4’s Back knows the provincial pub is Britain in microcosm This comedy series starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb also has deep feeling for its boozer’s denizens. In the new series of Back Stephen (David Mitchell) has left the residential hospital where he was being treated for the breakdown induced by his dastardly foster brother Andrew (Robert Webb), and has returned to the family pub, the John Barleycorn. Is he better? This isn’t clear. It’s hard to see beyond the misanthropy, which is fully intact, in spite of the therapy. Either way, he remains an utter chump. ...
Source: newstatesman.com