And other stories from the week's news

The Mock The Week team inevitably speak about the World Cup in the new episode airing this Sunday. 

Series regular Rhys James spoke about England fans hanging on to their 1966 victory 60 years on.

 ‘Thing is, everyone bangs on about 1966 like it was this big achievement,’ he said. ‘But there were 16 teams in the World Cup then and one of them was North Korea.  And we didn’t even beat Germany in the final, we beat West Germany.  That is how much better Germany are at football than we are.  Imagine if we had got to a final of the World Cup with just Swindon, Yeovil and Bodmin.’

Returning to the show, Hugh Dennis tells how he remembers watching the 1966 World Cup final.

‘My Dad went out and bought a telly so we could watch the World Cup final… and the next thing we watched on it was the Moon landing’ – three years later.

The week’s other big sporting event is the UFC fight on The White House lawn, with Michelle Wolf saying: ‘Of all the things you could do during Pride month, this is the gayest.’

And they spoke about White Van Wave – the rap video released by Reform UK's Markerfield by-election candidate Rob Kenyon, a plumber.

Scott Bennett suggested White Van Wave was ‘ambitious… let’s just get them to indicate first’.

Also on the show are Sara Pascoe and Glenn Moore.

Mock The Week: Summer Specials air Sundays at 9pm on free-to-air TV channel TLC. Next week’s episode features Maisie Adam, Chris Ramsey, Sarah Keyworth, Ed Byrne and Glenn Moore.  

Published: 12 Jun 2026