Dara O Briain
Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain

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

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Dara O Briain review

Sincere charm and pure, undiluted comic genius.

Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 16th October 2018

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit: series cancelled

Sad news for fans of Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit as Dave have now confirmed that the comedy game show will not be returning for a fourth series...

Patrick Sproull, Cult Box, 28th September 2018

Dara O'Briain on why comedians are reluctant to do MTW

Mock The Week has been a TV comedy staple for well over a decade. But, its host explains, comedians aren't always enthusiastic to appear.

Steven McIntosh, BBC, 25th September 2018

Full Live At The Apollo line-up revealed

The latest series of Live at the Apollo has just been filmed over the last three nights in Hammersmith and the full line-up can now be revealed.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th September 2018

Dara O Briain resumes his role as referee in the news-based bunfight that continues to make us laugh. Hugh Dennis and this week's panellists Angela Barnes, Ed Gamble, Rhys James, Nish Kumar and Tiff Stevenson review what will surely prove to be another eventful week.

Mike Bradley, The Guardian, 7th September 2018

Interview: Dara O Briain

Dara O Briain takes a break from fronting shows as diverse as Mock the Week, School of Hard Sums, Robot Wars, Dara and Ed's Big Adventure and Go8Bit to speak about his return to live stand up, his love of local crowds, and talking over Brian Cox on Stargazing Live.

The Latest, 23rd July 2018

Scholastic to publish second book by Dara

Scholastic will this autumn publish a second children's book by comedian Dara

Charlotte Eyre, The Bookseller, 18th July 2018

The panel show with a topical tinge looks back on another eventful week in world events, including the unfolding dramas of England's World Cup exploits in Russia. Host Dara O Briain and regular Hugh Dennis welcome guest panellists Angela Barnes, Desiree Burch, Ed Byrne, Glenn Moore and the ever-surreal Milton Jones.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 28th June 2018

Stars join Edinburgh Fringe Prom Nht

Comedy duo Max and Ivan have added six more of Edinburgh's finest acts to their stellar line-up of comedians taking part in this year's epic Festival finale.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th June 2018

Dara O Briain returns for a new series with another panel of comedians applying their special brand of pseudo-satire to all matters newsworthy. Mockery mainstay Hugh Dennis is joined by returning panellists James Acaster, Angela Barnes, Ed Gamble and Zoe Lyons, while rising star Darren Harriott, whose 2017 Edinburgh show was highly recommended by the Guardian, makes his series debut.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 7th June 2018

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