18.11.19
2019 has been filled with dramatic moments – a World Cup win, the prorogation of Parliament, a royal baby and whatever it is President Trump has done this week – but as the year enters injury time, it is just possible that its biggest event is still to come. At 10pm on Fridays from early […]
17.06.19
After an exhausting summit with the heads of 27 channels, Mock the Week has agreed to delay its eighteenth series until late May. As up to four protesters took to the streets of central London and at least five more deluged social media with their views, BBC Two bosses have continued to insist that the […]
01.02.19
ITV is to transmit a new stand-up comedy format, ‘Out There’ as a one-off pilot in February2019. Featuring Tom Allen, Kerry Godliman, Milton Jones and a host of other brilliant stand-ups, ‘Out There’ showcases the country’s top comedians performing ‘out there’ in the world. The format lifts the comics out of the comedy club and […]
30.09.18
‘MOCK THE WEEK’ MARKS 100th PANELLIST Mock the Week returns to BBC Two from its summer recess this autumn and, as well as finding new ways to tackle Brexit, Trump and England not winning the World Cup, the producers are anxious to celebrate the show’s latest landmark: when Australian comedian Deborah Frances-White debuts on September […]
04.06.18
‘MOCK THE WEEK’ RETURNS FOR SERIES 17 Mock the Week will return for its seventeenth series on BBC 2 on Thursday June 7th. Producers emerged with the news earlier today and were greeted by hordes of cheering, flag-waving devotees many of whom had been camped outside Broadcasting House for several days in anticipation of the […]
15.12.17
Legendary improv show Whose Line is it Anyway? comes to the Royal Albert Hall in 2018 to celebrate its 30th birthday, with an exclusive run of three live festive shows! Highly-skilled and hilarious stars including Colin Mochrie, Josie Lawrence, Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood, and Jeff Davis, together with multi-talented musicians Laura Hall and Linda Taylor, […]
15.05.17
If we can be certain about anything in the current climate it is surely that this summer will be all about 10pm on Thursday 8th June. From the moment the date was announced, the country has been abuzz with speculation as to which issues might arise, how personnel could change and what the future will […]
08.05.17
THE CW NETWORK SETS 2017 SUMMER SCHEDULE WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? Returns Monday, May 29 2017 All New Episodes of MASTERS OF ILLUSION Premiere Friday, June 30 New Season of PENN AND TELLER: FOOL US Debuts Monday, July 10 Globetrotting Adventure Series HOOTEN & THE LADY Premieres Thursday, July 13 March 31, 2017 […]
27.10.16
THE CW ORDERS NEW SEASONS OF “WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?,” “PENN & TELLER: FOOL US,” AND “MASTERS OF ILLUSION” FOR SUMMER 2017 October 24, 2016 (Burbank, CA) ─ The CW Network has ordered new seasons of the hit improvisational comedy series WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? as well as the hit magic series […]
05.09.16
As Summer’s lease expires and enables impatient Autumn to secure tenancy, Mock the Week is returning to BBC Two to cast a wry eye over current events. The fast-moving, gag- filled panel show is already six episodes in to series fifteen and, after the customary August break, is set to resume hilarities in a brand […]