It’s official: a Mock the Week reboot will come to British TV in 2026, just three years after it was axed by the BBC.
The satirical news commentary show, which boosted the comedy and TV careers of Hugh Dennis, Frankie Boyle, and Russell Howard will return next year.
Beginning in 2005, the comedy panel series took a light-hearted look at weekly news, and was a huge success, staying on the air until November 2022.
Now it’s been confirmed that Mock the Week will return on TLC, as the channel becomes free-to-air in the UK in January 2026, bringing a load of scripted and non-scripted content with it.
A statement from Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed that the show’s return, produced by Angst Productions, would give the ‘much-loved’ series a ‘new look’.
No cast news has been confirmed yet, but fans will be hoping to hear from Hugh, Frankie, Russell, and fellow comedian Andy Parsons once more.
TLC is a successful channel in the US, and bosses at Warner Bros. Discovery have decided to launch it on Freeview in the UK, axing HGTV at the same time.
The launch of TLC in the UK will also feature scripted content, such as The Big Bang Theory and its long-running comedy drama spin-off series Young Sheldon.
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