It's a satirical panel show that somehow manages to be nothing at all like Have I Got News For You.
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If you want to terrify a comedian, go after them with a chainsaw while roaring like a rabid dog. Or, less illegally, ask them to improvise a routine on the spot. Apart from that chainsaw, few things are as scary as improvisation - mainly because few things are as teeth-grindingly difficult. So let us applaud the brave comedic souls who grace Mock The Week. They're expected to dissect, satirise, lampoon and generally warp the affairs of the day on cue, and frankly we doff our cap at their talents.
Created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, who gave us that other great improvisational show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the series features a number of rounds designed to extract as many jokes and jibes as possible from the comedians. Our host is Dara O'Briain, a man who clearly has two many i's in his second name. He can probably justify it cleverly, though, as he's fluent in Irish. In fact, he's won debating championships in his mother tongue. And, being a despicably talented man, he also studied theoretical physics at university.
Regular panellists include cheeky young scamp Russell Howard, Radio 4 comedy veteran Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons from double act Parsons and Naylor and controversial comic Frankie Boyle whose rise to fame since Mock the Week kicked off has been steady and exceedingly angry. Guests include the likes of Michael McIntyre, Jo Caulfield, David Mitchell, Ed Byrne, Lauren Laverne and Gina Yashere. Oh mother, watch the talent fly.
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