Mock the Week

Why Have TV Panel Shows Become Boys-Only Clubs?

Charlotte Lytton | Posted 16.06.2013 | UK Entertainment
Charlotte Lytton

Of all the things I can't get my head round in life, there is one thing that stands out above all else. It's not that vending machines kill more people annually than sharks, or even that they used to use dead beetles for Smarties colouring. It's that people genuinely feel like it's okay to bandy about the idea that women aren't funny.

Are The Bad Old Days Of Comedy Back?

The Guardian | Posted 07.01.2013 | UK Comedy

Are we witnessing a return to the bad old days of British comedy? This week found the impressionist Rory Bremner criticising the BBC panel show Mock t...

The Long Lost Golden Era Of Comedy

Tiernan Douieb | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK Comedy
Tiernan Douieb

Aside from getting confused about how anyone can listen to more than three dubstep tracks in a row without feeling like they need a shit, I am wary of criticising anything or pretending that it was much better in my day.

Murray Not Mocked Much On 'Mock The Week'

PA | Posted 11.07.2012 | UK Sport

Andy Murray laughed off his Wimbledon woes this week when he joined the audience at BBC panel show Mock The Week. The tennis star, who broke down i...

Mock the Week: 'Sexist' or Simply Lacking Female Appeal?

Garry Lee | Posted 06.04.2012 | UK Comedy
Garry Lee

Flagship BBC comedy show Mock the Week has come under fire from Tory MP Nadine Dorries for featuring few female guests.

BBC Shows Have 'Token Women Guests'

PA | Posted 02.04.2012 | UK Entertainment

Hit television shows including QI and Mock the Week have been singled out for having "token women" guests in a BBC-commissioned report. The report ...

Caroline Frost

Andy Parsons: 'Hopefully A Fairly Sophisticated Banana Skin'

HuffingtonPost.com | Caroline Frost | Posted 21.01.2012 | UK Comedy

"Nerves are never logical. It's usually how you're feeling on the day, how your tea has gone down," explains Andy Parsons, a seemingly serene comedian...

Caroline Frost

Greg Davies: 'It's Hard To Make Collaborative Comedy Work'

HuffingtonPost.com | Caroline Frost | Posted 13.11.2011 | UK Entertainment

Greg Davies is being appealingly reticent about explaining how he made the leap into comedy. When he is finally persuaded, it doesn't sound too strang...

It's THAT Joke Again

Chortle | Posted 02.09.2011 | UK Entertainment

Micky Flanagan has stumbled into a plagiarism row after telling the same gag on Mock The Week that’s already at the centre of a notorious joke-steal...