TLC channel picks up the axed BBC panel show

Mock the Week is set to return after six years. 

The BBC axed the panel show in 2022 after 17 years – but it will return to air in January via the TLC channel.

Owners Warner Bros. Discovery said that the topical show would be given ‘a new look’ though no details of host or regulars were announced.

The show – made by Angst Productions – will be part of a revamped TLC as it relaunches as a free-to-air offering with a focus on comedy and entertainment, rather than its previous diet of reality shows.

Other shows on the channel will include US imports  Young Sheldon and Mike & Molly,  starring Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as a couple who meet in a Chicago Overeaters Anonymous group.

Graham Lafferty from Warner Bros. Discovery, said: ‘Through TLC, we are excited to commission and curate a broad entertainment channel that spans both scripted and unscripted content, including award-winning shows like The Big Bang Theory, through to a new-look British comedy staple like Mock The Week.’

Creators Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson are believed to be working on the new iteration.

TLC will also be airing Zero Stars, in which comedians Roisin Conaty and Sara Pascoe journey across the globe, experiencing places with only the funniest and worst reviews in search of a truly unique travel experience. 

The show - announced in June – is based on a Danish format hich has run for seven series and spawned another spin-off in Belgium. Eight hour-long episodes are being made  by A League Of Their Own production company CPL Productions.

Mock The Week began in 2005 with Dara O Briain hosting every episode and Hugh Dennis as a permanent panellist. At its peak it attracted more than 3million viewers to BBC Two, with reruns being a staple of the Dave channel. In its heyday it earned a reputation as something of a competitive boys' club, but the tone became softer  in later series as the pool of comedians taking part widened.  

Published: 20 Oct 2025