Mock the Week (2005)

Genre

panel game, comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

21 seasons, 232 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 88 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Six comedians in two teams compete in a show that pretends to be a quiz. They riff on the week's news through jokes, stand-up bits, and improvisation. The host leads the banter and keeps things moving.

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What happens

Mock the Week is a weekly British topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It is produced by Angst Productions and was broadcast on BBC Two from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022 and TLC since 1 February 2026. Presenter Dara Ó Briain and panellist Hugh Dennis appeared in every episode of the BBC series, with a variety of other stand-up comedians being regular, frequent, occasional or one-off guest panellists during the show's history. The format of the programme sees six comedians divided into two teams and performing on a faux game show, in which the quiz aspect of answering questions relating to major and regional news items, all taken from the week before each episode's filming, is sidelined to focus on satirical, topical discussions on news items, stand-up routines, and the use of improvisational comedy. Every series on the BBC included a compilation episode showing notable scenes, out-takes and additional footage cut out after filming, with repeats of episodes being frequently shown on the channel U&Dave, with high viewing figures. After a three-year absence, the series, again presented by Dara Ó Briain but with Dennis no longer in every episode, was revived for TLC, with an extended runtime; new episodes were broadcast from 1 February 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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