© BBC/Angst Mock The Week return date announced
With Dara Ó Briain back as host
The revived Mock the Week will launch on February 1 – with Dara Ó Briain back as host.
Now on the TLC channel, the panel show features a line-up of comedy talent familiar from the BBC Two original.
Rhys James, Sara Pascoe, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne, Ahir Shah, Milton Jones, Katherine Ryan, Hugh Dennis, Sarah Keyworth, Lou Sanders, Glenn Moore, Ellie Taylor and Russell Howard have all been announced for the first series.
One change is that the show is now 60 minutes long rather than 30, with additional rounds added for the extended format.
Ó Briain said: ‘I’m genuinely delighted to be back doing Mock the Week and on TLC. From what I remember, it’s a show that thrives on silly jokes from smart people and any actual insight is purely accidental. Also, from what I remember, my job was mainly just pressing a buzzer and handing out imaginary points.
‘I can still do that. Here, have some imaginary points! That's how easy it is. Also, it's coming back just in time to confuse people who had only just heard it had been cancelled. See you there!’
The BBC axed the panel show – made by Angst Productions – in 2022 after 17 years.
It is part of a new schedule on TL, which is relaunching 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 the US imports Young Sheldon and Mike & Molly, starring Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as a couple who meet in a Chicago Overeaters Anonymous group.
The new Mock The Week runs for nine episodes on free-to-air TLC, from 9pm on Sunday February 1.
Published: 13 Jan 2026
