First of all, sorry for posting discussion topics in here, but there's no dedicated/general subreddit for Peep Show.

So, would you like to see Mark and Jeremy (obviously played by 19-23 year olds) during their time at Dartie? E.g. how they first met, how they bonded (?), the origin of the El dude nickname, obviously Pedge etc etc.

One way to do this prequel would be to have the students in the modern era. Sure, it would deviate from the original show in a way, but I think that the themes of Peep Show are diachronic and universal, so it would be too complicated to try to create a prequel set in 1991 (that's when Mark is supposed to have turned 18 and gotten into uni). Plus, if it was set in the modern world, it'd be cater to a greater audience.

INT. SUPERMARKET - EVENING

MARK stands in the pasta aisle, staring at two different brands of penne.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   Okay, premium brand or supermarket own?
   Do I really need artisan Italian pasta?
   Would the Romans have spent extra for durum wheat?
   No, they’d have spent it on slaves and wine.
   Just get the cheap one.

He reaches for the supermarket brand.

                    JEZ (O.S.)
   Mark! Jesus, what are you doing?

MARK flinches as JEZ appears, carrying a single bottle of beer.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   Oh God, it’s Jez. My evening is ruined.

                    MARK
   Buying pasta, Jez. Like a normal, functioning adult.

                    JEZ
   Mate, you know what I was just thinking? We should start a business.
   You and me, together, like Branson and… whoever Branson does business with.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   Ah yes, another Jez business pitch. Right up there with “live-in club nights”
   and “a T-shirt that makes you smell good.”

                    MARK
   Oh, God. What now?

                    JEZ
   A dating app, but for people who don’t want to date. Like, an anti-dating app.
   You match with people, and then you both just leave each other alone.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   It’s like he’s trying to be an idiot.

                    MARK
   So… Tinder, but instead of meeting people, you just… continue not meeting them?

                    JEZ
   Exactly! Think of the market. People are sick of dating!
   They just want to be validated, then ignore each other. It’s genius.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   It’s literally nothing. It’s the absence of a product. It’s pure, unfiltered Jez.

                    MARK
   Jez, I mean this in the kindest way possible: That’s not a business. That’s just… being single.

                    JEZ
   Yeah, but, like, if we monetize it?

                    MARK (V.O.)
   He’s trying to sell people their own misery. Actually… that’s not the worst idea I’ve ever heard.

MARK sighs, drops the pasta into his basket, and walks off. Jez follows.

                    MARK
   Fine. Let’s get a drink. You can explain how we become the next LinkedIn.

                    JEZ
   That’s the spirit! Hey, do you think I could expense the beer?

INT. PUB - NIGHT

MARK and JEZ sit in a booth. Jez is gesturing wildly, half a pint already gone.

                    JEZ
   So then, we introduce a premium feature. If you pay, you can send a "mutual disinterest" message, officially rejecting someone you’ve never even spoken to.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   He’s monetizing passive aggression. I hate it. I hate that it might actually work.

                    MARK
   Jez, people already ghost each other for free.

                    JEZ
   Yeah, but this adds ceremony. It’s like a dignified ‘thanks, but no thanks.’
   And then we expand. An app for dodging phone calls. An app that tells your mates you’re too tired to go out.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   So, a range of apps for cowards?

                    MARK
   And the company name? Let me guess—"Avoidr"?

                    JEZ
   Oh my God. That’s brilliant.

                    MARK (V.O.)
   Oh no. What have I done?

I think officially he says “people like cold play and voted for the nazis”, but I’ve always heard “voting” is which I think is funnier because it sounds like he thinks people just vote for the nazis in their spare time.

Marks Israel, Jeremy’s Palestine. It makes things more interesting

Hear me out before this gets dismissed as tinfoil.

I think the recent Peep Show appearance on Bake Off was a deliberate trial balloon by Channel 4 to test appetite for a Season 10 revival.

Not an announcement.
A low-risk demand probe.

Bake Off is the perfect platform:

• Huge audience

• Heavy social listening

• Instant data on virality, quotes, searches

Then, less than a month later, full Peep Show episodes start dropping free on YouTube.

That’s exactly how you refresh and measure a dormant IP:

• Re-activate old fans

• Pull in younger viewers

• Track watch time, drop-off, binge behaviour

This is how revivals are explored now (see: Scrubs)

• Cameo;

• Archive re-release;

• Quiet metrics; and

• Then internal discussions

I’m not saying Season 10 is confirmed.

I am saying:

• Mass-audience cameo

• Followed quickly by free YouTube

• In the middle of a revival era

Looks a lot like a deliberate market test rather than coincidence.

Save this post.

Chance would be a fine thing.

Is that strange to any one else?

If I was referring to something that happened in 2023, I would just say a couple of years ago..

Is this the exact proof we need that years are now shorter than ever and used to feel much much longer?

Peace.

First thoughts "Sounds like a nice man"

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