The Matrix Stage Adaptation

In documentary interviews, veteran actor Sir Charlie Northanger and director Tony Pastry insist age is irrelevant to his casting as the hero of a stage adaptation of The Matrix, though Sir Charlie keeps calling the character Neil and Tony admits the real draw is a name West End audiences remember. In rehearsals for the scene where martial arts are uploaded into the hero's brain, Sir Charlie delivers the famous line as though greeting an old friend called Kung Fu, and when a young co-star obligingly offers to play Kung Fu, the scene only becomes more confused until Sir Charlie suggests a cup of tea.

First released with the full series on Channel 4 streaming on 5 September 2025 and broadcast on Channel 4 on 19 September 2025 in episode three. Big Talk later posted it to the official Mitchell and Webb YouTube channel as "The Matrix: The Play".