David Mitchell: Back Story

David Mitchell

Oct 2012 · HarperCollins · Narrated by David Mitchell

About this audiobook

David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick-on moustache in That Mitchell and Webb Look, has written a book about his life.

As well as giving a specific account of every single time he's scored some smack, this disgusting memoir also details:

• the singular, pitbull-infested charm of the FRP (‘Flat Roofed Pub’)
• the curious French habit of injecting everyone in the arse rather than the arm
• why, by the time he got to Cambridge, he really, really needed a drink
• the pain of being denied a childhood birthday party at McDonalds
• the satisfaction of writing jokes about suicide
• how doing quite a lot of walking around London helps with his sciatica
• trying to pretend he isn’t a total **** at Robert Webb’s wedding
• that he has fallen in love at LOT, but rarely done anything about it
• why it would be worse to bump into Michael Palin than Hitler on holiday
• that he’s not David Mitchell the novelist. Despite what David Miliband might think

Ratings and reviews

I have long enjoyed David Mitchell's humour and will watch something simply because he is a part of it. I was so pleased, therefore to discover Back Story and downloaded it immediately. I expected to laugh, and I did. I expected to learn more about someone I admire and respect, and I did. However, I wasn't prepared for just how touching and genuine this book is. David Mitchell is honest, and open and upon completion I found myself really very happy for him. Just a superb journey, thank you.

To listen about someone's personal journey in life and see a lot of emotional paths you've also trodden confirms that my life wasn't too bad either. His narrating voice is one I can listen to over and over, and I'm as straight as the come

I'm a big David Mitchell fan and knew very little about his background and personal life. This was a witty and interesting book, would definitely recommend :)

About the author

David Mitchell is a comedian, actor and writer. He stars in Peep Show, writes for the Observer, co-hosts 10 O'Clock Live, has appeared in every TV or radio panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Quote Unquote and A League Of Their Own and has been in two films neither of which made a profit. He is married, childless and the polysyllabic member of the double-act 'Mitchell and Webb'. Soon he will do more.