I love a good comedy panel show, 8 Out of 10 Cats and sometimes Have I Got New for You, and this offering from the BBC, it's obvious from the title what it does. Hosted by Dara O'Briain, with regulars (formerly) Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Chris Addison, (formerly) Russell Howard and Andy Parsons, they play a couple of rounds about the political and entertainment news of the recent week. These include identifying acronyms to find the headline story, and the round with a joke title where four of the comedians do stand-up about certain topics. But my favourite and the most memorable sequence of the show is the final round called Scenes We'd Like To See, where all six performers give one-liner suggestions about the certain scenario subject to get the biggest laughs, e.g. Things You Wouldn't Hear in a Sci-Fi Film, Lines You'd Never Hear in a Bond Film, TV Shows That Never Made It To Air, etc, most of the best ones come from Boyle, Dennis and Addison. Guests have included Clive Anderson, Fiona Allen, John Bishop, Jo Brand, Rory Bremner, Kevin Bridges, Marcus Brigstocke, Ed Byrne, Jo Caulfield, Alun Cochrane, Jon Culshaw, Greg Davies, Gary Delaney, Carl Donnelly, Micky Flanagan, Stewart Francis, Rhod Gilbert, Adam Hills, Milton Jones, Miles Jupp, Shappi Khorsandi, Patrick Kielty, Lauren Laverne, Zoe Lyons, Michael McIntyre, Sarah Millican, David Mitchell, Diane Morgan, Al Murray, Andi Osho, Lucy Porter, Chris Ramsey, Frank Skinner, Ava Vidal, Seann Walsh, Mark Watson, Jack Whitehall, Joe Wilkinson, Gina Yashere and many more. Very good!
Review of Mock the Week
