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Mock The Week. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Dennis, Dara O Briain
Mock The Week

Mock The Week

  • TV panel show
  • BBC Two
  • 2005 - 2022
  • 212 episodes (21 series)

Topical panel show taking a satirical look at the week's news. Hosted by Dara O Briain with regular player Hugh Dennis. Also features Andy Parsons, Frankie Boyle, Russell Howard, Rory Bremner and Chris Addison

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Series 17 - Christmas Special

Mock The Week. Dara O Briain. Copyright: Angst Productions
Dara O Briain is joined-as ever-by Hugh Dennis along with many of the brilliant young comedians who have appeared in the recently completed seventeenth series of the topical panel show. There'll be the traditional Yuletide Scenes We'd Like to See, a Newsreel from Hugh, as well as a chance to see Dara playing with a magical unicorn, a Polaroid camera and googly eyes and what says Christmas more than that?

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Broadcast details

Date
Friday 21st December 2018
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Dara O Briain Host / Presenter
Hugh Dennis Regular Panellist
Guest cast
Ed Byrne Guest
Zoe Lyons Guest
Milton Jones Guest
Angela Barnes Guest
Tiffany Stevenson Guest
James Acaster Guest
Ellie Taylor Guest
Ed Gamble Guest
Nish Kumar Guest
Rhys James Guest
Tez Ilyas Guest
Kerry Godliman Guest
Tom Allen Guest
Glenn Moore Guest
Darren Harriott Guest
London Hughes Guest
Ari Eldjárn Guest
Desiree Burch Guest
Suzi Ruffell Guest
Deborah Frances-White Guest
Rachel Parris Guest
Larry Dean Guest
Geoff Norcott Guest
Writing team
Simon Bullivant Writer (Additional Material)
Rob Colley Writer (Additional Material)
Dan Gaster Writer (Additional Material)
Ged Parsons Writer (Additional Material)
Steve Punt Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Geraldine Dowd Director
Dan Patterson Series Producer
Mark Leveson Producer
Ewan Phillips Producer
Chris Young Producer
Jed Leventhall Executive Producer
Chloe Nicholas Associate Producer
Laura Winser Associate Producer
Sarah McHarry Line Producer
Mykola Pawluk Editor
Graham Barker Editor
Richard Halladay (as Richard Halladey) Editor
Jonathan Paul Green Production Designer
Karen Jackson Costume Designer
Suzie Narden Make-up Designer
Will Charles Lighting Designer
Pinki Chambers Commissioning Editor
Ruby Kuraishe Commissioning Editor

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