Was It Something I Said?

Episode one
Does David Mitchell ever catch Jimmy Carr’s eye across the set of a crowded panel show and think: ‘I know exactly what you’re going to say here’? More opportunities for celebrity ennui tonight. This new series sees Mitchell in the chair, Carr as a guest and other usual suspects Micky Flanagan, Charlie Higson and Richard Ayoade making up the numbers.

The wild card is the slightly out-of-his-element guest David Harewood, who has presumably been selected for his boomingly stentorian voice, because the core of the show is quotes – famous ones, outlandish ones and obscure ones. It’s not the most striking panel-show concept we’ve ever come across and, notwithstanding a couple of mildly amusing moments – including Harewood’s scarily good Obama impression – it never quite gets off the ground.

Mitchell’s other regular panel gig, ‘Would I Lie to You?’, has punched above its apparent weight for years now, but we’d bet against this proving similarly enduring.