Mock the Week is a showcase of topical British celebrity panels, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, the same person in charge of the Comedy of the Line Is It Anyway? . The players provide the most prepared answers on different subjects under the guise of gamelan ria. It was made by independent production company Angst Productions, and debuted on BBC Two on June 5, 2005, with the theme song of the event being "News of the World" by The Jam. The show has featured a variety of different stand-up players, some being part of the show for several series as fixed equipment, with host Dara ÃÆ' "Briain and comedian Hugh Dennis appear in every episode since its debut.
The old episode is currently airing on Dave, and this is often mentioned on the show.
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Format
The general format of the show involves a paneling host, made up of two teams of three players (referred to as panelists), to a series of rounds where they answer questions on various news topics from the previous week's news, often with them providing comedy answers improvised, or comedic challenge based on the subject (s) given to them (eg Health Care). Various topics ranging from international headlines to regional news from within the UK, with events sometimes including photos and citations related to news articles used on the show. All episodes last about 30 minutes, with each series featuring at least one compilation episode containing the best moments of the unpublished, unpublished, and censored series that occurred during the filming. While most of the games are performed around a large table, on the left in the studio is the Performance Area , a large stage area with a large TV screen normally used for stand-up and improvisation challenges, especially We Want to See . In addition, a smaller stage next to the table is used and referred to as Pit Press , often used in Between Lines rounds.
Although the show acts like a game and has a winning and defeated team, the whole show is primarily to provide a starting point for the improvisational comedy routine rather than functioning as a serious competition. Specific scores are never referred, with actual points never stated by the host; the current host Dara ÃÆ' â € Å"Briain always ends the round by stating that he has given "points" to the team he should have received. In episode 11 of season 6, Dara acknowledges that the winners of each round and point allocation are not based on anything specific, and viewers must "stop sending incoming e-mail." Along with the scoring system, no team is, in essence, a team captain (Hugh Dennis is sometimes referred to as such in publication material), with such distinctions never being made on the program itself.
Permanent panelist
Throughout the show's history, Mock The Week consistently has at least one permanent stand-up comedy player in its panel that appears regularly in every episode; Until the fifteenth series, the program regularly features two permanent members in its panel, and in some series the show features a third permanent member. Although there are a total of six players who have appeared regularly on the show as permanent panelists, only Hugh Dennis has appeared regularly in every episode since his debut (with the exception of a special episode of the program broadcast as part of the 24-Hour Panel People David Walliams). The other five players have been regular regular members on the show including:
- Frankie Boyle - Series 1 through Series 7. His departure from the show, revealed on October 2, 2009, for focusing on "other television commitments".
- Rory Bremner - Series 1 through Series 2.
- Andy Parsons - Series 3 through Series 14. His departure from the program was announced on October 19, 2015.
- Russell Howard - Series 4 through Series 9 (first half).
- Chris Addison - Series 10 (last half) to Series 12 (first half). His departure from the show was due to his involvement in a project filmed in the United States.
Guest Panel
Together with at least one or two permanent members, the panel often consists of guest stars, some of which often appear on shows. The following has appeared on occasions as guest panelists (until June 21, 2018, excluding Comic Relief 2011 only) :
a. ^ Appearance was made before becoming a regular panelist.
b. ^ Make appearances in Comic Relief Custom 24-Hour Panel with Doc Brown, Daniel Sloss and David Walliams.
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Rounds
As part of the show's general format, players take part in the quiz-style mix of games (often described as "laps"), where they respond with comedic or fake responses, at answers, stand up comedy, as well as in improvised games. Games that feature is regularly used, occasionally used, or retired after a while.
Regular rotation
The following game features in all episodes of Mock the Week:
- The News Wheel The game is a stand-up challenge in the Performance Area , where a number of players (often guests) are given task by performing stand-up comedy based on the subject that "Wheel" from Random News Generator landed (eg Education). While in the first series, all six players take part, between Series 2 and 8 is reduced to four players, then the third between Series 9 and 10, before being reduced to the current setting of only two guest players who have played since the Serie 11; This arrangement aims to enable a bigger screen time for guests, to help promote them more as stand-up artists. Since Series 2, Dara's hosts often introduce rounds with names that sometimes refer to recent events, with examples including Supercasino Dara: Make-a-Joke Roulette , Four By One Joke Relay , and Do not Stop Until You Get Laughter , among others. Furthermore, the winner of the match between Series 1 and 2, is determined by the system in which Dara judges whether the audience is laughing enough at the routine, and decides whether the player is allowed to sit, with the first team having all their players back in their winning seats. If one player from each team is left standing, sudden death will come into effect, where a random topic is selected and both players have to talk about it. From Series 3, this is transformed into a much simpler Dara system, considerably the team that gets the greatest laughter to be a winner.
- If this is the answer, what is the question? : A simple-style quiz for all players to play, where one of the guests is given six categories to choose from, covering topics such as sports, health, home affairs, world news, the environment, and politics, and then given related answers with the topic and ask to guess what the question is. Often the panelists' guesses are funny questions, sometimes not even related to the topic, with the host finally calling time on their guess by asking the real question. The round is not finished after the answer is given, as the host and panelists often discuss in relation to questions and topics, mostly for comedy, and sometimes asked further questions by the host on news articles that may not be relevant to me. The round is often played before the final round, but more recently it is often played as the first half of the episode.
- The scene we want to see : The last round of each episode, with all players playing this in the Performance Area . Each team is assigned to one side of the stage and is given two scenarios that can not be revealed on the TV screen, with every player stepping onto the stage should walk to the provided microphone, and need to say their suggestions about something are impossible. occurs based on a given scenario, with hosts buzzing them when they are done. Examples of scenarios used in this event include "Things the Queen did not say in her Christmas speech", "No lines from the last book of Harry Potter ", and "Things you do not hear in Olympics ", inter alia, with some subjects repeated in the later series. This round is inspired by the game "Scenes From A Hat" from Who's Line It Anyway? .
- Picture Of The Week : The panelist is shown the picture and makes a joke about it, with images connected to the news that occurred on the episode broadcast week. The round replaces "Headliners" as one of the regular games of the show.
Occasional spin
These games sometimes appear in some episodes, but not all, with unused ones either appear as part of the series' compilation episodes or released as part of an extra DVD (s). The reason why this does not appear and is cut off from an episode is because of the language used or the incorrect political answer given by the panel members, when it is broadcast:
- Among the lines : This round takes place in Press Pit , with one player imitating someone in the news that gives a press conference (often politicians), with which others translate their words to detail what they say "really". For the most part, Hugh Dennis was the one who stated what "really" was said, while in the first two series, imitation was done by Rory Bremner and Frankie Boyle, with the newer series seeing Hugh partnering with the guest star.
- Newsreel : This round sees a player showing a piece of news footage that is played silently, and acts out what everyone says, although it usually has nothing to do with what actually happens on the record. Throughout its use, Hugh Dennis is often the only one on duty to play this game, with a turn then renamed "Royal Commentary" in which he gives comments about the royal event. This round is similar to the "Dub Movie" game style of Whose Line Is It Anyway? .
- What's on earth : This round looks at the panel showing images related to world news events, and tries to find out what's going on inside. So far, the round only appears as an out-take during the clip event, and has also appeared on DVD Too Hot For TV .
Previous rotation
This round was originally used in the show before it was dropped (mostly used in Series 1 and 2), or replaced:
- Video dating : Two players, one from each team, named famous people and assigned to act as them in the Performance Area and pretend to record a lonely heart ad in that person's style. The other players are in charge of guessing who they are.
- Ask a politician : In the current programming style Time Question , two or three players take place in the audience and ask questions throughout the panel, each of which answers in the style of a politician; often one acts as a spokesman for Labor and the other acts for the Conservatives, while Dara appears as the host of the "show".
- Prime Minister's Question : A team plays as Prime Minister of Britain and their parliamentarians in the front pew, while another team plays as Opposition Leader and their front parliamentarian, with the host taking on the role of Chairman of the Board Representative. Both teams are given somewhat trivial news for debate but will treat it as if it is a matter of heavyweight on that day, with the game usually progressing into a series of word games that see every team trying to continue the chain (eg, while referring to agriculture , "I consider you an expert in the field", "I hijacked that path" etc.).
- Phone call to phone : Two players, one from each side, each playing as a famous person who has a phone conversation with each other, where one of them will drop a bomb during a conversation, with others having to react to them.
- Headliner : Played by all panelists, and often used to start the show, both sides are shown photos of someone famous in the news. They were then given the initial letter of the newspaper title linked to the photo and asked to guess what the title was, guessing it often became a comedy suggestion before one of the panelists gave the correct answer, after Dara asked them for it. Guests, like Michael McIntyre, have admitted that they often struggle to come up with a suitable title and get a laugh as a result (In one episode, Michael's best effort is "Brown Orders Tree Explosion"), while furthermore, as evidenced in the DVD release "Too Hot For TV", a substantial percentage of news headlines (especially by Frankie Boyle) is not suitable for broadcast. This round was later replaced by "Picture Of The Week".
Controversy and criticism
On several occasions, Mock the Week has been the source of complaints, due to some exaggerated comments made by the panelists and extreme extreme use of the event (especially Frankie Boyle). In an episode recorded in 2007, during a segment called "What The Queen Did not Say in Her Christmas Message", Boyle made a comment: "I am now so old that my vagina is haunted." This caused the BBC's director-general Mark Thompson to be challenged about comments on Newsnight. Boyle then quipped, "That was three years ago, if not haunted, surely now."
In 2008, a larger controversy came after other comments made by Boyle about swimmer Rebecca Adlington. Boyle states that "he looks like someone who sees himself behind a spoon". Since leaving the show, Boyle has criticized both the BBC's production show and Trust team. He claims that the show did not quite cover the headlines and was too restrictive on the risquà ©  ©  action, because producers and the BBC Trust feared "scare the horse". The lack of female guests on the program has been the subject of complaints on the Radio Times letters page. Jo Brand, while criticizing the male-dominated comedy genre, said in 2009, "I do not do Mock the Week anymore and do not do some stand-up men I know who have tried it's just that we just do not like the prospect of having to bite somebody's feet before they let us say something. "In 2013, former panelist Rory Bremner stated his reasons for leaving the show, saying:" I feel there is a new trend that is very competitive and quite aggressive there and but I've found that very few people feel comfortable doing Mock the Week. "He also criticizes the way comedians like Linda Smith are treated by new comedians, who are" like prize fighters ".
Official merchandise
A DVD, Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV was released on November 26, 2007. Contains nearly three hours of material, including three additional episodes from series five, contains scenes that are considered too rough to broadcast. Three extended episodes titled, 'Putin, Henman & amp; Konnie Huq ',' Nuts, Pies and Nim Nim Nim 'and' Money, Sex and The Lib Dems'. Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV 2 was released on November 9, 2009. Again, the DVD contains the main feature of 'Too Hot For TV' with an invisible recording compilation, plus three additional episodes from the series archive titled , 'The Anal Lube Show', 'The Leg Show' and 'The Hedgehog Show'. Expanded episodes have a total of more than 40 minutes of invisible material. Audio CD versions of both DVDs are available. Mock the Week: Too Hot for TV 3 was released on November 8, 2010. Like the previous two, this DVD features a one hour smut reel and three long episodes titled 'The Elf and Testis Show ',' Prison and Other Stuff Dodgy Events', and 'The Johnny Blowjob and Bird Flu Show'.
Boxtree published seven original tie-in books between 2008 and 2014, plus one that best composed the first two books.
Mock the Week: Scene We Want To See (August 2008)
Mock the Week: Book of the Year (September 2009)
Mock The Week's Funniest Book Of All Time (2011)
Mock The Week's Brand Spank New Scenes We Like To See (2014).
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