Mock The Week

This week, the Mock The Week regulars were joined by semi-permanent fixture Ed Byrne and the epitomy of skinny jeans in Jack Whitehall.

They fired off numerous witty comments and banter in the form of…

• Televised Debate of Party Leaders on Sky TV
• Nick Griffin
• Snoring Partners
• Flu Jabs & Madonna’s Arms
• The Bible’s Apprentice
• Annoying Children in Gyms
• London Midland Train Shortage
• Bad Things To Hear From A Tour Guide
• Unlikely Things To Hear On A Breakfast Show

Get the episode on catchup over on BBC iPlayer until Thursday 17th September at 10.29pm.

On this week’s show, Dara O’Briain takes another look at the week’s events with the witty help of Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons alongside special guests in the form of new face Holly Walsh and Mr Dead-Pan Stewart Francis.

They cover off topics like:

• Colonel Gaddafi’s party
• The Racism Door
• Britain’s Baby Boom
• Tamil Tigers
• Dating through Close Encounters
• Guilty Sandwiches and Yawn Rape
• Big Brother Axed
• Tom Williams’ Harlequins Bloodgate
• Rejected Questions From This Year’s Exams
• Unlikely Things To Hear On A TV Business Show

Catch the episode again on BBC iPlayer until 9.29pm Thursday 10th September 2009.

This week on Mock The Week, Dara and the team were joined by Irish charm Ed Byrne and dead-pan Stuart Francis, touching on topics such as:

• Bill Clinton in North Korea
• Gordon Brown’s Popularity
• Peter Mandelson
• Sheryl Crow on Global Warming
• Ed Byrne as a Celebrity
• Prince Harry
• Relationships
• Surveillance in Britain
• Bad Things to Hear at a Psychiatrists
• Unlikely Things to Hear on a TV Talent Show

Watch the show again on BBC iPlayer until Sunday 23rd August 2009 11.24pm.

Dara and the boys were joined by tattoo-laden Zoe Lyons and Canadian one-liner Stewart Francis this week as they took great pleasure in mocking the week’s news.

Hot topics for the week included:

• Women in politics
• Lord Mandelson
• Royal Family
• British Airways
• Monopoly
• Sarah Pailin
• Men’s health
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
• British Citizenship
• Unlikely Lines From A Thriller
• Bad Things To Say At A Wedding

Catch the episode on BBC iPlayer until Saturday 15th August 2009 at 10.39pm when the video archive will be removed and stuffed into a box until Dave snap it up in a year’s time.

This week, the Mock The Week panel were joined by the gentle giant that is Greg Davies and the lovely little Lucy Porter.

Among the frivolities, they covered a broad range of topics including:

• David Cameron
• Bullying
• Harriet Harman & Oldist BBC
• Britain
• The Ashes
• Tennis
• Education
• Human body
• Space travel
• Deleted Lines From A Fantasy Film
• Things You Don’t Want To Hear From Your Flat Mate

The typical rounds were in there too:

• Headliners
• Four Horseman of the A-Mock-Alypse
• If This Is The Answer, What Is The Question?
• Scenes We’d Like To See

You can catchup with the episode on BBC iPlayer until 9.29pm next Thursday when the next episode should be available with special guests Adam Hills and Alun Cochrane.

Frankie Boyle, as we all know, isn’t afraid to say what he is thinking. If you have ever been to a studio record of the show, you’ll know that a great number of Frankie’s contributions end up being edited out as they are just too controversial to be broadcast on TV at that hour (or indeed any hour…)

Not one to be censored, Frankie has decided to make this material available to his fans via a brand new free podcast available to download on iTunes. On the podcasts, you’ll hear material previewed before a live audience in preparation for the Mock the Week studio records.

You will have access to all of Frankie’s brilliantly dark suggestions for all the usual rounds, including ‘Scenes We’d Like to See‘ – most of which will never be broadcast on TV.

Be sure to subscribe as new podcasts will be added regularly as the seventh series continues on BBC2 .

Broadcast on BBC2 at 9pm on Thursday 16th July 2009, the usual jesters were joined by Welsh funnyman Rhod Gilbert and Canada’s finest Tom Stade to have a laugh about all the week’s news.

Topics included:

• Gordon Brown
• Compare The Meerkat
• G20
• Silvio Berlusconi
• Credit Crunch
• Eating Out
• Extreme Sports
• Families
• News Of The World Phone Tapping
• Jacqui Smith
• Unlikely Things To Hear On A Survival Show
• Unlikely Things To Read On A Label

The typical rounds were in there…

• Headliners
• Loose Men
• This Is The Answer, What Is The Question?
• Scenes We’d Like To See

Watch the show on BBC iPlayer until 9.29pm on Thursday 23rd July 2009.

Mock The Week returned to British screens on Thursday 9th July 2009, airing on BBC2 at 9pm for another 12 week run.

This week, the regulars are joined by Frank Skinner and Gina Yashere.

Rounds included:

• This is the Answer, What is the Question?
• Don’t Stop Til You Get A Laugh
• Headliners
• Scenes We’d Like To See

…covering topics such as…

• Michael Jackson
• Parenting
• History
• Britains Got Talent
• Human Behaviour
• Wimbledon
• The Queen
• Weight Loss
• Weather
• Star Trek

For the next week, you can watch the episode again on BBC iPlayer. If only BBC would allow video embedding like YouTube.

Ed Byrne – regular guest on Mock The Week -  featured on BBC2’s “Live At The Apollo” on Friday 9th January 2009 alongside Andy Parsons and host Lenny Henry.

His Irish charm and wit seemed to impress the audience, touching on topics like parenting, relationships and psychology.

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Andy Parsons – one of the regular comedians on Mock The Week – was one of the guest comedians on Live At The Apollo, originally broadcast from BBC2 on Friday 9th January 2009.

Andy adopted his typical satire approach to his sketch, touching on topics such as the Credit Crunch, Jonathan Ross & Russell Brand’s prank call, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown and the War on Terror.

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Andy is currently touring the UK with his show “Citizens!“. Definitely worth buying a ticket if you can get your hands on one (legally, of course).