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Soccer Aid sees Lee Mack score his first goal
Comedian Lee Mack ended up with the match ball after the Soccer Aid 2021 game after he scored a goal for the World XI team despite efforts from England goalkeeper Joel Dommett.
Lewis Knight, The Mirror, 4th September 2021Lee Mack & Holly Willoughby to host new BBC One reality show
Lee Mack and Holly Willoughby are to host a new BBC One entertainment reality series in which a group of celebrities are put through challenges in extreme temperature conditions by Dutch 'Iceman' Wim Hof.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2021Comedians record NHS charity single
Thirty comedians have recorded a charity single for the NHS. Can't Wait! - created by doctor-turned-comic Simon Brodkin - features Miranda Hart, Harry Hill, David Baddiel, Jo Brand, Lee Mack, Jack Dee and Adam Kay among others.
British Comedy Guide, 6th July 2021Lee Mack sitcom Semi-Detached axed, as comic makes Soccer Aid film
Lee Mack's sitcom Semi-Detached has been cancelled by the BBC, while the comic has started making an ITV football documentary.
British Comedy Guide, 18th June 2021Taskmaster review
Should you be looking for a show that treats its stars with utter disrespect, Taskmaster (C4) is just the ticket.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 21st May 2021Lee Mack reveals cocaine-induced cleaning obsession
Comic Lee Mack has revealed that the first time he experimented with drugs - taking cocaine at his best friend's stag do - he became obsessed with cleaning a kitchen, even putting on an apron and Marigolds.
Andy Halls, The Sun, 15th April 2021A new series of Taskmaster began, which has every promise to match the highs of the last. Chief among the promiseers in series 11 is Sarah Kendall, the driest of Aussies, yet we also have grumpy Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack and the like, and the mix works (again) wonderfully well, crushing together those who will solve an impossible problem in methodical fashion and those who will throw proven natural laws to all 13 winds. Trapping a giant motorised rat in a net from three metres away, conveying 24 unbroken dinner plates on a hoverboard through a hangar, inviting a helium balloon to behave - never mind Taskmaster, this should be the primary task for all diplomats and wannabe 007s. As ever, creator Alex Horne and Taskmaster Greg Davies fashion great humour from abject failure. I think Greg's resolutely kind demolition of Charlotte Ritchie - "you didn't think your left hand was for anything?" - represents a touchstone in anthropology.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 21st March 2021Taskmaster review
As easy as keeping a cushion spinning on a finger.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 19th March 2021TV review: Taskmaster, Series 11, Episode 1
This opening episode was one of the strongest out of all of them, and I'd be amazed if by the end this wasn't seen as one of the best, right up their with series 5 and 7.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 19th March 2021Lee Mack's new game show The 1% Club shelved
Lee Mack's new game show The 1% Club has been shelved, plunging ITV scheduling into chaos. The eight planned episodes are still on ice due to the pandemic, leaving ITV bosses with a scheduling headache.
Andy Halls, The Sun, 28th February 2021