Paddy McGuinness

Given the success of gloriously trashy dating programme Take Me Out, it's no surprise to see its presenter Paddy McGuinness at the reins of this equally cheesy panel show. Comedians Rhys Darby and Rufus Hound head two celebrity-packed teams for a light-hearted quiz based on news stories and TV clips from across the globe. This week's motley crew include comic Stephen K. Amos, This Morning host Eamonn Holmes and ditzy X Factor graduate Stacey Solomon.

Paddy McGuinness to host TV Burp style show for C4

Paddy McGuinness is leaping into Harry Hill's grave with a TV Burp-style show for Channel 4.

Paddy McGuinness's nifty Riverdance footwork makes a lively opener to this new panel show, based on international news clips and with comedians Rhys Darby and Rufus Hound as team captains. But just as Paddy is game enough to show off his skills at Irish dancing, he's game enough to work with some pretty shoddy material.

The clips are on the geriatric side (there's a Star Wars-themed wedding from 2009) and some of the gags they throw up from guests Janice Dickinson, Louis Walsh, Jason Byrne and Rob Rouse are more mean than clever. Thank the casting department, then, for the presence of Rufus Hound, who kindly goes along with some of the soggier gags before interjecting with a proper one of his own. Saturday nights are a tough nut to crack, but Mad Mad World needs some sharper implements.

Ever thought the 'Devised by' credit at the end of QI seems a bit overblown for a digressive Q&A panel show? Well, ITV1's slack-jawed version of basically the same set-up, hosted by - and you'll like this - Paddy McGuinness, is here to prove that John Lloyd and co must be doing something to earn their money. McGuinness is joined by team captains Rufus Hound and Rhys 'Conchords' Darby, alongside Louis Walsh, a model and two miscellaneous comedians for an eternal 'What Happens Next?' roundelay of low-end YouTubia and silly foreign types. A child falls down, a woman accidentally farts on live TV, an African chap squirts water out of his nose all over Paddy, while the international flavour, laddish vibe, salty banter and shiny floor are suggestive of a pub quiz on an oil rig.'Ding-dang-do I?!' No.

Earlier this month Rufus Hound said he quit Celebrity Juice because he wanted to take a break from comedy. Last night he appeared as a team captain on Paddy McGuinness's new panel show Mad Mad World. Objective achieved already, Rufus.

Paddy McGuinness: German TV is the weirdest!

Take Me Out host Paddy McGuinness hunts down the world's strangest telly in his new Saturday night show...

The formidable, funny Emma Thompson joins Ross for a chat tonight, presumably to discuss her work-in-progress Effie. Thompson, who won an Academy Award for her Sense and Sensibility screenplay, has taken up her pen again to bring to life the disastrous marriage of Victorian art critic/thinker John Ruskin and his young bride Effie Gray.

Actress and former child star Brooke Shields also makes herself comfortable on the Ross sofa, along with Mr Saturday Night himself, Paddy McGuinness. Music is provided by Florence and the Machine and Petr Spatina.

Paddy McGuinness: "I was scared to leave my old job"

Paddy McGuinness has revealed that childhood friend Peter Kay "nagged" him to quit his job for a full-time career in comedy.

Paddy McGuinness on Northern humour

"I was walking down Oxford Street earlier in London, and I got the sense, if I were to fall down, everyone would just keep walking over me." So speaks a true northerner, Paddy McGuinness, who reflects on his native land of Bolton.