Dara O Briain has said criticism previously directed at Mock The Week over the lack of diversity among the show’s panellists was “bang on”. The 51-year-old Irish comedian and presenter hosted the BBC comedy show for 17 years until it was decommissioned in 2022.
Speaking to Desert Island Discs about criticism levelled at the show – particularly for the lack of diversity among the comedians who would feature – O Briain said: “There was bits during the earlier years of it which were very combative, very elbowsy and there was no space to mess around.
“It had a weird relationship with people … To say it’s not as good as it used to be, or it was wrong sort of thing and there were things on which it was wrong…I think that’s bang on.
