Mock The Week

Mock the week is a weekly comdey quiz based loosly on recent news .. new series currenty run on BBC2 over 12 weeks and repeats can bee seen around half ten on Dave with a BBC 2 christmas special in store. The show is hosted by Dara O' Briain and has four regular comedians present to "mock the weeks" news, these include Frankie Boyle, Russell Howard, Andy PArsons and Hugh Dennis. These four comediens are have different stlyes which adds a nice touch to the show. Frankie Boyle is a dry, depressing and often gross comic but a genium at the same time .. he is most peoples favriote on the show and often grabs all the attention. Russell Howard has a very ...  Read the complete review

Mock The Week is one of my favourite current comedy shows that is usually shown on BBC2, Dave and BBC iPlayer. Angst Productions made the show and was origionally created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It is a topical programme based on current affairs happening local and around the world. Each show has a panel of comedians, 6 comedians, 2 teams and 3 comedians on each team. There is also a host who keeps a tab on scores depending on how funny/ not funny a joke/ line is. Alot of the shows are hosted by Dara O'Brien, who seems to do the job pretty well I'd say anyway. People who appear as the panel of comedians include: Frankie Boyle, Michael ...  Read the complete review

This has got to be one of the funniest panel hows on television at the moment. It is hosted by Dara O Brien, who I feel is one of the wittiest presenters we have on British television - his standing as a comedian helps as well! Essentially the program is a look at what has been going on in the week, though this applies somewhat loosely - it is similar in some respects to Have I Got News for you, expect the panellists get up off their seats to play other games, which involve taking the floor and being witty about a subject or idea set by the presenter. The panellists, or contestants are a varied bunch but there are regulars such as: Andy Parsons, ...  Read the complete review

Mock the Week is the hugely successful and popular BBC topical news quiz which sees top UK comedians offering their take on the weeks biggest news stories. The show is hosted by the extremely popular Irish comedian Dara O'Briain and with a regular panel of top UK comedians in Frankie Boyle, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard and Hugh Dennis and offers alongside these regulars 2 guest comedians. The panel are split into two teams with Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis joined by their guest and Andy Parsons and Russell Howard with theirs. The rounds on offer include ones where there is a subject offered by spinning a wheel (on a screen) and the comedians stepping forward ...  Read the complete review

Mock the Week is a on weekly topical news quiz on BBC 2 hosted by irish comedian Dara O'Briain, with four team regulars in the form of comedians Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons and Russell Howard, with two changing guest slots each week consisting of further comedians and general celebrities. The contestants are spilt into two teams, and must guess news stories based upon clues, eg having to identify a story based upon a short figure or phrase (but only before making a few dozen humorous topical responses first) A later rounds require them to stand in front of a large video screen onstage and provide a short stand-up comedy piece on a particular ...  Read the complete review