Mock the Week is a British topical panel game, hosted by Dara Ó Briain. It is made by independent production company Angst Productions and made its debut on BBC Two in June, 2005.

Created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, the same people responsible for the comedy game show Whose Line is it Anyway?. Mock the Week is usually described as a cross between Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Have I Got News For You. There are two teams of three, with Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis one one side and Russell Howard and Andy Parsons on the other (with one member of each team being a guest panelist each week). Russell and Andy have been regulars since series 5 (series 1-2 featured Rory Bremner and two guest panelists), although both were very frequent panelists in series 3-4.

The show's theme music is News of The World by The Jam.

Following the 7 July 2005 London bombings, the last programme in the series, scheduled for 10 July 2005, was replaced at short notice by a selection of highlights from previous shows. This was mainly because the recording of the programme was due to take place on the evening of 7 July but the closedown of London's transport system meant that many audience members, as well as some of those due to appear on the programme, couldn't make it. However, the Channel 4 topical comedy 8 Out of 10 Cats which was being recorded in another studio at BBC Television Centre did go ahead but made use of panellists and production team members from Mock the Week who turned up to fill the panel and audience.

A second series began in January 2006, ending in March. The previous clip show actually rated well, so the second series ended in the same way as the first series. Then BBC2 recommissioned Mock the Week for a third series on Thursday 14 September 2006, for six episodes, followed by another clip show on 24 December 2006. The fourth series began on Thursday 12 January 2007, with its clip show airing on Monday 19 February. The fifth series, extended to twelve shows, began on Thursday 12 July 2007, with its clip show due to air on 27 September 2007.[1] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.