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Dara O Briain
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain

  • 52 years old
  • Irish
  • Stand-up comedian and writer

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O Briain & Dennis on 15 years of Mock The Week

The Mock The Week stars reflect on the show's 15-year history and chat to Lauren Morris about performing to a Zoom audience.

Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 19th November 2020

Comedians take part in University Challenge for Children In Need

Dara O Briain, Dane Baptiste, Steve Pemberton, Iain Stirling and Joel Dommett are amongst the contestants for a special episode of University Challenge filmed for BBC Children In Need.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd October 2020

Sixty seconds with Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain on the search for intelligent life-forms and the 'right-wing, left-wing comedy' debate.

Josh Stephenson, Metro, 19th October 2020

O Briain: Bias objections are about news, not comedy

Mock The Week host Dara O Briain has dismissed the "frankly, mind-numbing" debate about whether the BBC show is too left-wing.

Yahoo, 2nd October 2020

Dara O Briain interview

Mock The Week's host on his long-standing passion for space.

Pascale Hughes, i Newspaper, 25th September 2020

O Briain & Baddiel condem BBC for conspiracy podcast

In a since-deleted tweet, Dara O Briain expressed that he was saddened that the BBC appeared to not "want to make" any more editions of the long-running astronomy series Stargazing Live, but that they were able to fund Scarlett Moffatt Wants to Believe, a podcast about conspiracy theories.

Adam White, The Independent, 17th August 2020

Top comics gig to save historic London building

Dara O Briain, Tom Allen and Joel Dommett are among the comics announced to play a new festival raising funds to save the historic Chiswick House And Gardens in West London.

Chortle, 13th August 2020

Greatest Ever Late 'n' Live review

Footage of Dara O Briain, Sarah Millican, John Bishop and Jason Byrne features in this attempt to recapture the mythic status of a renowned fringe night.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th August 2020

Scholastic UK bags Dara O Briain's 2nd children's book

Scholastic UK will publish Dara

Tamsin Hackett, The Bookseller, 13th May 2020

The Caird: Hecklers, Kevin Bridges and the Big Yin

Unfortunately, it comes with the territory. Any comedian courageous enough to step onto the stage - whether it is in a 20,000 seater arena or in a dank pub basement - has to be well-equipped to deal with hecklers. However, be warned, disruptive outbursts from marble-mouthed louts will never be tolerated at the Caird Hall.

Ciaran Shanks, Dundee Telegraph, 11th April 2020

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