Here's what the BBC wrote to introduce Series 15...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that 2016 has not been a funny year. So, in an attempt to stem the dark tide of celebrity deaths, Panamanian tax revelations and Donald Trump, BBC Two are deploying a comedy Canute in the form of their satirical behemoth Mock The Week.

Having decided - after much deliberation - not to rebrand as 'Mocky McMockface', the hit topical show is back to celebrate its 150th glorious episode next month.

Legal injunctions mean details of Series 15's line-ups are sketchy, but American news outlets are openly naming Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis as being involved for the 12th straight year.

Online speculation is also mounting that Ed Byrne, Milton Jones, Katherine Ryan, Josh Widdicombe, Rob Beckett, Zoe Lyons, Holly Walsh and Sara Pascoe will be around to provide the continuity alongside a record number of up and coming talents from the UK's thriving comedy circuit, such as Nish Kumar, Dane Baptiste and Rhys James.

In a summer filled with an Olympics, a football championship and the EU referendum, the show's producers are confident this year's run will be the funniest yet: "I know we say this every year, but the combination of new political figures and exciting debut performers will make the show more fun than listening to 'Lemonade' is for Jay-Z," said a show source we recently befriended online. "We can't wait to get started and, inspired by Leicester City, we're convinced this is going to be our year. If we're lucky with injuries, officials and the news stories, believe me, we won't be far away when the TV Quick Awards are being handed out."

Series 15 of Mock The Week is on BBC Two on Thursdays at 10pm.

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