Dara O Briain
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain

  • 52 years old
  • Irish
  • Stand-up comedian and writer

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TV preview: Mock The Week Christmas special

You can be sure to get some much needed laughs from the Mock The Week episode airing on Monday night.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st December 2020

Dara O Briain: I almost quit the Mock The Week

Dara O Briain has revealed that he once got so frustrated with Mock The Week that he considered quitting.

Chortle, 24th November 2020

O Briain & Dennis on 15 years of Mock The Week

The Mock The Week stars reflect on the show's 15-year history and chat to Lauren Morris about performing to a Zoom audience.

Lauren Morris, Radio Times, 19th November 2020

Comedians take part in University Challenge for Children In Need

Dara O Briain, Dane Baptiste, Steve Pemberton, Iain Stirling and Joel Dommett are amongst the contestants for a special episode of University Challenge filmed for BBC Children In Need.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd October 2020

Sixty seconds with Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain on the search for intelligent life-forms and the 'right-wing, left-wing comedy' debate.

Josh Stephenson, Metro, 19th October 2020

O Briain: Bias objections are about news, not comedy

Mock The Week host Dara O Briain has dismissed the "frankly, mind-numbing" debate about whether the BBC show is too left-wing.

Yahoo, 2nd October 2020

Dara O Briain interview

Mock The Week's host on his long-standing passion for space.

Pascale Hughes, i Newspaper, 25th September 2020

O Briain & Baddiel condem BBC for conspiracy podcast

In a since-deleted tweet, Dara O Briain expressed that he was saddened that the BBC appeared to not "want to make" any more editions of the long-running astronomy series Stargazing Live, but that they were able to fund Scarlett Moffatt Wants to Believe, a podcast about conspiracy theories.

Adam White, The Independent, 17th August 2020

Top comics gig to save historic London building

Dara O Briain, Tom Allen and Joel Dommett are among the comics announced to play a new festival raising funds to save the historic Chiswick House And Gardens in West London.

Chortle, 13th August 2020

Greatest Ever Late 'n' Live review

Footage of Dara O Briain, Sarah Millican, John Bishop and Jason Byrne features in this attempt to recapture the mythic status of a renowned fringe night.

Brian Logan, The Guardian, 9th August 2020

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