Peep Show to end 'for sure' says Channel 4 comedy boss

Peep Show will be ending "for sure" according to Channel 4's head of comedy, Phil Clarke.

He confirmed that he had been talking to writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong about their plans.

"We're talking about Peep Show, how that's going to be rounded off. The discussion is about how it's going to conclude," he told comedy website Chortle.

A ninth series has been commissioned for next year.

A Channel 4 spokesperson said: "We're talking to Sam and Jesse about how to play out the last series whether it's a series or a number of specials - they are the busiest men in comedy, film and drama."

One of Peep Show's stars, Robert Webb, has already said he wanted the show to go out "on a high".

He plays Jez, one half of a dysfunctional pair of flatmates, opposite David Mitchell who stars as Mark.

Speaking to Newsbeat last year he said: "I always say my favourite series of Peep Show is the most recent one, because the scripts just get better.

"All four of us [writers and stars] have said we want to do it as long as we're welcome and as long as it's still good.

"We want to go out on a high, we don't want there to be a limping last series."

The pair are also known for their BBC comedy That Mitchell and Webb Look

Peep Show began on Channel 4 in 2003 and although it has never had particularly high viewing figures it has been popular with critics.

The makers of the show have gone on to write Fresh Meat, starring Jack Whitehall and Joe Thomas, about a group of university friends.

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to return to Radio 4 for a fifth series of their sketch show in the autumn.

That Mitchell and Webb Sound was first broadcast in 2003 with the fourth series arriving in 2009.

The pair portrayed some of their radio characters in the Bafta-winning TV series That Mitchell and Webb Look.

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