When former BBC series Mock the Week returns on a completely different channel next month, there’ll be one big difference that’s relieved host Dara Ó Briain: the panellists will be able to joke about politics with abandon.
The corporation cancelled the satirical panel series in 2022 after 17 years “to create room for new shows”, but Irish comedian Ó Briain is back for a brand new nine-episode edition, airing on new free-to-air channel TLC.