Mock The Week on Keir Starmer, Ed Davey and piercings
Clips from Sunday's show
Mock The Week has a pop at Keir Starmer in the ‘picture of the week’ round this week.
Making his first appearance on the show, Scott Bennett suggests that the Prime Minister being pictured in front of a giant computer screen could be captioned: ‘Has Starmer finally found a monitor big enough to list all Peter Mandelson's allegations?'
The real answer revolved around spiralling energy costs:
The panel also take aim at Lib Dem leader Ed Davey, after news that he has been asked to ‘ditch the clown act.’
Host Dara O Briain observes: ‘There's something refreshing, rather than seeing someone on a sex island, just seeing someone at Chessington.’
Sara Pascoe replies: ‘Epstein would never have replied to an email from him.
Bennett also performed some stand-up about his nephew’s piercings:
Ed Byrne, Katherine Ryan, Hugh Dennis and series regular Rhys James are also on the show, which airs Sundays at 9pm on TLC. This week is the last in the series before a ‘best of’ next weekend.
Published: 20 Mar 2026
