He has appeared on several panel shows, including "Have I Got News For You", "Never Mind The Buzzcocks" and "QI". In January 2011, Webb appeared on a celebrity version of BBC quiz "Mastermind", answering nine questions correctly on his specialist subject (the novels of Ian McEwan) and 11 correctly on the general knowledge round. In 2011 Webb played Dan, a geology lecturer, in the Channel 4 series "Fresh Meat". Later that year, he was cast in the costume comedy "The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff", a parody of Charles Dickens' works. Since 2011, Webb has replaced Rufus Hound as team captain on the BBC comedy panel show "Argumental".