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| January 2025 | Placed on a one-year secondment from the civil service as interim chief operating officer at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. |
| 2024 | Salary reported to be between £170,000–£174,999. |
| September 25 2024 | Premiered 'Ludwig' on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, receiving positive early reviews. |
| January 2024 | Began filming the BBC One comedy detective drama series 'Ludwig', in which he plays John 'Ludwig' Taylor. |
| 2023 | Appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Second Permanent Secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. |
| 2023 | David Mitchell appeared as a guest on a historical podcast 'Willy Willy Harry Stee...' hosted by Charlie Higson |
| 2023 | David Mitchell voiced the character GooGoo in the animated film 'Migration' |
| December 8 2023 | Second time hosting Have I Got News for You |
| November 1 2023 | Mitchell and Victoria Coren announced the birth of their second daughter. |
| October 2023 | Went on a national book tour to promote 'Unruly'. |
| September 2023 | Published non-fiction book 'Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens' about the English monarchy. |
| June 2 2023 | First time hosting Have I Got News for You |
| May 2023 | Naga revealed her adenomyosis diagnosis during her BBC Radio 5 Live programme. |
| 2022 | Appeared as Blond Knight in 'Rick and Morty' Season 6, Episode 9 |
| 2022 | Mitchell performed in the BBC Studio Drama 'Severus', portraying the character Sammonicus |
| 2022 | David Mitchell was a guest on 'Brydon &', an interview show hosted by Rob Brydon |
| December 26 2022 | Appeared on the BBC quiz show The Weakest Link |
| December 3 2022 | The Upstart Crow stage play concluded its 10-week run at the Apollo Theatre. |
| September 2022 | Naga was diagnosed with adenomyosis. |
| September 2022 | The Upstart Crow stage play re-opened at the Apollo Theatre for a 10-week run. |
| 2021 | David Mitchell narrated 'Mitchell on Meetings', a BBC Radio 4 series consisting of 3 episodes |
| 2021 | David Mitchell again appeared as a guest on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, continuing his comedy interview series |
| 2021 | Voiced the Spaceship Computer in animated series 'Hey Duggee' and played Terence Redford in 'The Cleaner' |
| 2021 | Hosted the television show Outsiders |
| January 2021 | Began presenting the 10am to 1pm Radio 5 programme on Mondays to Wednesdays |
| 2020 | Narrated 'Oi Aardvark!' children's book |
| 2020 | David Mitchell made multiple podcast appearances, including 'My Time Capsule' (Ep.38), 'Secrets Of the Pharaohs: A Peep Show Podcast', and a 'Remain Indoors Special' on 'Rule Of Three' |
| March 2020 | The Upstart Crow stage play was forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| February 2020 | David Mitchell made his stage debut in Ben Elton's The Upstart Crow, playing the role of William Shakespeare at the Gielgud Theatre in London. |
| 2019 | Made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to illustration and charity. |
| 2019 | Started 'The Sleep of Reason' book series and began the 'Five Years... A Sketchbook of Political Drawings' collection. |
| 2019 | Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the Birthday Honours for services to the environment. |
| 2019 | Narrated 'Oi Puppies!' and published 'Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse' (originally a hardcover from 2014) |
| 2019 | David Mitchell published 'Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By' |
| 2019 | David Mitchell was a guest on Adam Buxton's Podcast, specifically in Episode 89 |
| 2019 | David Mitchell played the role of Nick Morris in the film 'Greed' |
| September 30 2019 | BBC Director-General Tony Hall overturned the complaint ruling against her Trump comments |
| July 2019 | Criticized Donald Trump's comments about telling opponents to 'go back' during BBC Breakfast |
| 2018 | Continued narrating children's books, including 'Oi Duck-billed Platypus!' |
| July 2018 | Conducted a viral interview with David Attenborough on BBC Breakfast |
| July 2018 | Appointed as Department for Work and Pensions Finance Director General. |
| 2017 | Mitchell appeared in the BBC Radio 4 pilot episode of 'Time Spanner', playing the character Daniel Kraken |
| 2017 | David Mitchell starred as John Hardigger in the film 'Gun Shy' |
| 2017 | Begins starring in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Back, which runs until 2021. |
| 2017 | Mitchell narrated multiple children's books by Kes Gray, including 'Oi Frog!', 'Oi Dog!', 'Oi Cat!', 'How Many Legs?', and 'Quick Quack Quentin' |
| October 2017 | Co-presented Britain's Classroom Heroes with Sean Fletcher |
| 2016 | Illustrated 'The Sleeper and the Spindle' by Neil Gaiman, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, making him the first triple winner of the award. |
| 2016 | Begins playing William Shakespeare in the BBC Two historical comedy Upstart Crow. |
| 2016 | David Mitchell returned as a guest on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast for another comedy-styled interview |
| 2016 | David Mitchell narrated 'Behaving Ourselves: Mitchell on Manners', a BBC Radio 4 series consisting of 4 episodes |
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