According to the BBC, Mitchell, an award winning comedian best known for his role on the TV series Peep Show, placed an ad in the Birth, Marriages and Deaths column of The Times newspaper to announce that he and Vicky Coren, Team PokerStars Pro, TV host and highly regarded writer, are engaged.
Mtichell and Coren met on the BBC quiz show The Bubble in 2010. Both have received lots of well-wishes on Twitter since the news became official.