Never Mind the Buzzcocks

The music lovers comedy panel show can simply be defined as Never Mind the Buzzcocks. And does the formula work? Of course! First aired in 1996 and broadcast on BBC Two, the panel show uses the regular formula of other comedy panel shows and uses it in the music genre. At first, it was hosted by comedian Mark Lamarr along with team captains Phil Jupitus and Sean Hughes. Jupitus has stayed present ever since but Lamarr and Hughes are now long gone - at first Simon Amstell successfully replaced Lamarr, only to leave before the start of the latest series, and Hughes was replaced by Bill Bailey, who in turn had been replaced by Noel Fielding since 2008. So for ...  Read the complete review

"Buzzcocks" has been going for a grand total of 13 years and 23 series on BBC2. First presented by Mark Lamarr, then by a series of guest presenters in 2006, followed by Simon Amstell and since his departure earlier this year - another round of guest presenters. The most recent series does tend to be repeated in the run up to the new one. The older series are repeated frequently on Dave and VH1. Phill Jupitus has been team captain for its entire run, however his opposing team captains have been the following in chronological order - Sean Hughes, Bill Bailey and now Noel Fielding. The teams of three are completed by guests ...  Read the complete review

Never mind the Buzzcocks is a BBC 2 pop music quiz that has been running since 1996. The programme follows a familiar panel-show format, with a celebrity host, two celebrity team captains and four different celebrity guests each week. The show concentrates primarily on pop/indie music, with rounds requiring the teams to complete the next line of lyrics from a particular song, convey a particular tune using only humming and table-top rythms, identify an aging and now obscure music figure from a identity parade-style line-up or just answer genearal pop-trivia questions. The show has a very irksome mainstream 'indie' zeitgeist about it that I find difficult to ...  Read the complete review

The new series of Never Mind the Buzzcocks started a few weeks ago on BBC2, thursdays at 9.30. I have long since been a fan of this show fromt he days when Mark Lamarr was host with Sean Highes and Phil Jupitus as captains. The format is this - the show is a music quiz show with various "celebrity" guests each week in two teams. The current captains are Phil Jupitus and Noel Fielding of Mighty Boosh Fame. There are several rounds such as Guess the intro and Next lines. For this series the show has been hosted by a guest host after the decent Simon Amstell stood down. There have been some decent hosts - Rhod Gilbert and James Corden, and ...  Read the complete review

Never Mind The Buzzcocks has become a institution in its 13 year tun on the BBC and rightly so. With its mixture of music and comedy what more could you want and it delivers in spades. Many moons ago in 1996 Mark Lamarr, Phill Jupitus and Sean Hughes started the new music panel show and being a avid music fan i duly tuned in to see what it was all about. This show is not so much about music as more of comedy show loosely based in music. With Mark Lamarr's fantastic dry humour, the quick wittedness and the surreal comedy of then team captains Phill Jupitus and Sean Hughes and a array of guest stars each week this programme quickly built up a cult ...  Read the complete review