Mock The Week is one of the TV panel gameshows that came at the tail end of the panel comedy trend. The fad started with Have I Got News For You, followed quickly by They Think Its All Over opening the doors for many other pretenders to the throne. MTW though has staying power and [...]
Storm in a Swimming Pool
Let’s get this straight - Rebecca Adlington, bless ‘er, DOES look like someone looking in the back of a spoon.
Since the insanity of the Sachsgate row and the intervening Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr “joke” controversies, the BBC have been keen to extract all possible offence from any jokes.
This policy is extremely dangerous. British TV [...]
Frankie Boyle on Mock the Week
There’s little you can say about Scots comic Frankie Boyle that hasn’t already been said.
This clip from Mock the Week is the perfect illustration of a comic who isn’t concerned with crossing boundaries, merely whether he got a receipt at the toll booth…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4yjJFt3uFVw
My Pussy is Haunted
Our Frankie Boyle has caused a wee bit of a storm this week, thanks to a two year old clip on the current compilation run of Mock the Week.
During one of the standup rounds, the topic being “Things You Wouldn’t Hear in the Queen’s Speech”, Boyle offered:
‘I have had a few medical issues this year [...]
Frankie Boyle
Currently on a summer break from touring – no doubt to record Mock the Week – Frankie Boyle is a pretty prolific comic, it seems.
Not only does he contribute hugely to Mock the Week, he’s also contributed material to Jimmy Carr, as well as appearing on Have I Got News for You, They Think it’s [...]
Weekend of Comedy
If Dad’s Army birthday celebrations on Sunday night aren’t your cup of tea, why not settle down with another excellent Would I Lie To You? tonight and a repeat of Mock the Week on Saturday night?
You can get past the fact that Angus Deayton currently looks older than Clive Dunn, and that David Mitchell still [...]
Tommy Mockers!
[singlepic=52,320,240,,right]Delighted to say that Mock the Week is back on Thursday!
That’s right, the funniest man in Ireland Dara O’Braian and his teams return with the usual irreverent look at the weeks’ news.
For newcomers - it’s a sort of Have I Got News For You mixed with Whose Line Is It Anyway?, recorded in front of [...]
Frankie Boyle Live
[singlepic=52,320,240,,right]The Scottish Mock the Week star is appearing at the Hackney Empire, Mare Street, E8 this Saturday and Sunday for a stand-up show that will be recorded for his first live performance DVD.
Not before time, either - along with co-star Andy Parsons and host Dara O’Briain, Boyle tightens up Mock the Week to such an [...]
