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 11, Episode 1 repeated at 10:40pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 1,821
Press clippings Page 15
Frankie Boyle, Rebecca Adlington & the limits of taste
If comedians sometimes cause offence, well, isn't that their job?
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 3rd November 2009How Frankie Boyle came back from the dead
The Herald finally catches up with Frankie Boyle and learns the truth about his sudden departure from Mock The Week.
Susan Swarbrick, The Herald, 2nd November 2009Rebecca Adlington: Boyle's punishment 'not enough'
Rebecca Adlington, the double Olympic swimming champion, has been left humiliated by the BBC Trust's handling of offensive remarks by comedian Frankie Boyle, her agent said.
Nick Collins, The Telegraph, 1st November 2009Comic hits out at BBC producers
Mock The Week star Frankie Boyle has hit out at the programme's producers for asking panellists to avoid discussing serious issues.
Broadcast, 28th October 2009Frankie Boyle: Fierce, fearless... and funny
The foul-mouthed Glaswegian comedian is in trouble with the BBC over his joke about the swimmer Rebecca Adlington. Does he care? The Independent meets Frankie Boyle.
Andrew Johnson, The Independent, 25th October 2009Mock the Week 'humiliated' Olympic sportswoman
The BBC Trust has censured the BBC over a joke on Mock The Week that branded Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington "very dirty".
Katherine Rushton, Broadcast, 19th October 2009Boyle's 'sexist' joke about Queen cleared by BBC Trust
Comedian's gag on Mock the Week was 'in poor taste' but 'would not have gone beyond audience expectations' for the show.
Tara Conlan, The Guardian, 19th October 2009Frankie Boyle leaves 'Mock The Week'
Frankie Boyle has left Mock The Week to concentrate on other TV commitments, while the show has been signed up for two new series by BBC Two.
Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 2nd October 2009Frankie Boyle: mocks the weak
When asked on one episode of Mock The Week to suggest a line unlikely to appear in a superhero movie, Boyle responded: "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Whatever it is, it's heading straight for the World Trade Center." A joke where surely half the audience easily guessed the tired punchline.
Alice Wyllie, The Scotsman, 27th September 2009Joke ace Frankie taken to hospital
Comic Frankie Boyle has been forced to pull out of this week's Mock The Week show after being carted off to hospital with a mystery illness.
The Sun, 24th September 2009