{"id":262338,"date":"2026-02-01T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262338\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:21:08","slug":"how-to-watch-the-new-mock-the-week-what-channel-is-it-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262338\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch the new Mock the Week | What channel is it on?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mock the Week has found a new home on television and will be returning to screens tonight, just over three years after it was cancelled.<\/p>\n

Dara \u00d3 Briain has been a longtime host of the series and returns to the helm once more, along with the format remaining the same.<\/p>\n

Tonight (1st February), \u00d3 Briain introduces a topical chat and hilarious games with guests Rhys James, Ahir Shah, Angela Barnes, Sara Pascoe, Ed Byrne and Russell Howard.<\/p>\n

“The world has got more pantomimic and ludicrous as time has gone by,” \u00d3 Briain told Radio Times magazine<\/a>. “The biggest change for us is that it\u2019s no longer a Conservative government. People used to say, ‘You always talk about the Tories.’ Yes, because they were the ones doing stuff! Now, it\u2019ll be about Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. Not because we\u2019re not on the BBC any more \u2013 but because they\u2019re the ones in power.”<\/p>\n

So, when can we expect to tune into the new of Mock the Week? Scroll on to find out!<\/p>\n

How to watch the new Mock the Week\"Dara<\/p>\n

Dara \u00d3 Briain.\u00a0TLC<\/p>\n

The new nine-part series of Mock the Week returns to screens on Sunday 1st February at 9pm.<\/p>\n

It will air on TLC, which can be found on 12 on Freeview, 133 on Sky and 113 on Virgin Media.<\/p>\n

Why is Mock the Week no longer on BBC Two?<\/p>\n

It was announced in 2022 that Mock the Week would end after 17 years.<\/p>\n

Though the BBC didn’t provide an exact reason for its cancellation, it said in a statement at the time: “The next series of Mock the Week will be the last, we are really proud of the show but after 21 series we have taken the difficult decision in order to create room for new shows.<\/p>\n

“We would like to thank Angst Productions, host Dara O\u2019Briain, panellist Hugh Dennis and all the guest comedians involved in the show across the 21 series.”<\/p>\n

“That’s it folks, the UK has finally run out of news,” \u00d3’Briain said at the time of its cancellation. “It couldn’t go on”.<\/p>\n

\u00d3’Briain added: “The storylines were getting crazier and crazier – global pandemics, divorce from Europe, novelty short-term prime ministers. We just couldn’t be more silly than the news was already.”<\/p>\n

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Mock the Week returns on Sunday 1st February at 9pm on TLC.<\/p>\n

Check out more of our Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mock the Week has found a new home on television and will be returning to screens tonight, just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-262338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}