The Mash Report
- TV comedy
- BBC Two
- 2017 - 2020
- 28 episodes (4 series)
Topical comedy series inspired by website The Daily Mash and hosted by Nish Kumar. Also features Ellie Taylor, Steve N Allen, Rachel Parris, Andrew Hunter Murray, Geoff Norcott and more.
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Mash Report Trump/Morgan cartoon goes viral
The image of [pPiers Morgan] with his face between Donald Trump/p]'s buttocks from this week's Mash Report has gone viral thanks to both Piers Morgan and Piers Morgan's critics.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 3rd February 2018A new run for the news spoof based on the Onion-style website, the Daily Mash. Last time around, it struggled to find a tone. Avoiding the ruthless deadpan delivery of this genre's looming talisman, The Day Today, was understandable, but the material didn't benefit from a roaring studio audience and the excited corpsing of host Nish Kumar. Topical comedy is, however, immensely hard to get right first time, so another chance for The Mash Report and its hoststo bed in is to be cautiously welcomed.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 18th January 2018Nish Kumar predicts 2018's headlines
The Mash Report presenter gives a unique preview of the news to expect this year.
Nish Kumar, Radio Times, 18th January 2018A second series for this Nish Kumar vehicle, which failed to convince during its first run. A spin-off from the Daily Mash website, it's a satirical shiny-floor show that, despite the odd sharp moment, struggled to find a tone. Hopefully it will bed in, because the times are ripe for satire.
The Guardian, 12th January 2018The Mash Report review
This sharp new show did it rather well and was the most promising satirical arrival on our screens in a long time.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 21st July 2017TV Review: The Mash Report, BBC2
Pretty ambitious and, so far, flawed but pretty good.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st July 2017Too much topical TV? - The Mash Report (BBC 2)
There is nothing new under the sun. Not even in topical TV news shows.
Shouting At The Telly, 21st July 2017Preview - The Mash Report
There are many films and radio shows that have been spun-off into TV shows, but this series is a rare example of a website being turned into a TV show.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 20th July 2017Has there ever been a more auspicious time to launch a show offering a satirical take on the week's news? In the era of Theresa May, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Donald Trump, the jokes will surely write themselves. This new Nish Kumar vehicle - filmed just prior to transmission to reflect the fast-moving torrent of horror and absurdity that constitutes public affairs circa 2017 - will use sketches, news spoofs and studio set-pieces to pick apart our bewildering times.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 20th July 2017Nish Kumar: satire when politics is beyond parody
The presenter of BBC2's new political comedy series tries to work out how to take on Trump and Brexit: "We are living in an era of self-satirising politicians".
Nish Kumar, Radio Times, 20th July 2017