
Mock The Week
- TV panel show
- BBC Two
- 2005 - 2022
- 212 episodes (21 series)
Topical panel show taking a satirical look at the week's news. Hosted by Dara O Briain with regular player Hugh Dennis. Also features Andy Parsons, Frankie Boyle, Russell Howard, Rory Bremner and Chris Addison
- Series 14, Episode 11 repeated tomorrow at Midnight on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 1,816
Press clippings Page 11
Now one of TV's more enduring topical comedy shows - thanks to its high turnover of original comedy voices and a keen eye for spotting upcoming talent - the satirical news quiz returns for an eleventh season. As always, Dara O'Briain keeps a loose grip on the organised chaos as, tonight, team captains Hugh Dennis and Andy Parsons are joined by Nathan Caton, Chris Addison, Micky Flanagan and Greg Davies.
Gerard O'Donovan, The Telegraph, 13th June 2012Mock the Week: Sexist or simply lacking female appeal?
Flagship BBC comedy show Mock the Week has come under fire from Tory MP Nadine Dorries for featuring few female guests.
Garry Lee, The Huffington Post, 6th February 2012Is 'Mock the Week' really sexist?
MP Nadine Dorries last night complained about Mock the Week being part of a 'sexist' BBC agenda. Could she be right?
The Custard TV, 31st January 2012Chris Addison: 'Mock The Week isn't a bearpit now'
Chris Addison has suggested that Mock The Week is no longer a "bearpit".
Catriona Wightman and Tom Mansell, Digital Spy, 11th November 2011Andy Parsons: 'Some comedians don't like MTW edit'
Andy Parsons has admitted that some comedians are unhappy with the editing on Mock The Week.
Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 8th November 2011Andy Parsons interview
Frankie Boyle may have shuffled off to more controversial waters on Channel 4, but the Mock the Week ship sails on. Helmed by Dara O'Briain, it still features Spitting Image veteran Andy Parsons as a key member of the crew.
Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 7th November 2011This topical panel show can always be guaranteed to provide a few belly laughs.
And unlike Have I Got News for You, it doesn't matter if you've been hiding under a rock for the past week and haven't got a clue what's been going on in the world.
The topical bit is used loosely. Instead it's more an excuse for stand-up comedians to show their wares, with Dara O Briain at the helm.
Joining show regulars Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons and Chris Addison is my own personal favourite stand-up, Micky Flanagan, up-and-coming comic Nathan Caton and Canada's king of the one-liners Stewart Francis (if you love your comedy, you'll recognise him from an episode of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - he was the guy who opened with: "Don't worry, I haven't heard of you either").
Considering the show's format, which is just made for killer one-liners, tonight's episode promises to be even funnier than normal.
Jane Simon, The Mirror, 8th September 2011The contracts are coming at Chris Addison thick and fast these days: Skins; those ubiquitous Direct Line ads; then later this month he's presenting Show & Tell, a new E4 stand-up show in which up-and-coming comics do a short routine on a random object. In addition, to all that comes this six-week stint on Mock The Week - a show he is no stranger to, and which has badly needed a new permanent member since Frankie Boyle and Russell Howard left for pastures new.
Sharon Lougher, Metro, 8th September 2011Chris Addison replaces Russell Howard on Mock The Week
The BBC has confirmed that Chris Addison will permanently join the Mock The Week team, with Russell Howard still absent.
British Comedy Guide, 9th August 2011Mock The Week: Coping with nerves
I think it's fair to say that the first time I appeared on Mock The Week, I really did get the classic pre-show nerves.
Zoe Lyons, BBC Blogs, 30th June 2011