IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Steven Dobson
Played by David Mitchell
Steven Dobson is the hapless commuter played by David Mitchell in Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping's "Bad Spy". After three months under MI5 surveillance as a suspected recruit of Chinese intelligence, he learns that the officer watching…
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In character. On screen.
Their moment in the spotlight.
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The people in the part.
A little character study
More to the story.
Steven Dobson is the hapless commuter played by David Mitchell in Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping's "Bad Spy". After three months under MI5 surveillance as a suspected recruit of Chinese intelligence, he learns that the officer watching him finds his everyday clumsiness unbearable.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.