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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Entertainment
Mike Bedigan

Dara O'Briain says 17 years of Mock The Week were 'not a bad innings' as BBC announces show will end

Mock The Week host Dara O’Briain said that 17 years was “not a bad innings”, following the BBC announcement that the current affairs comedy panel show would be ending in autumn.

The Irish comedian, who hosted the show for 21 series and more than 200 episodes, said it would have been “nice to carry on” but acknowledged that such shows “had an era”.

The upcoming eight episodes of the popular programme will be the last, after being first broadcast in 2005.

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