When long-running BBC comedy show “Mock the Week” returned to television screens after a three-year hiatus this past spring, fans may have noticed some changes: not only was the show longer and “looser” but it was also airing on TLC, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network.
\n\n“It was also a surprise for me that it was TLC,” says comedian Rhys James, a regular on the series. “The first episode back was just loads of jokes about ‘Where are we?’ ‘Where have we woken up out of this coma?’ but TLC were well up for having a laugh about that.”
\n\nCreated by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson in 2005, “Mock the Week” originally debuted on the BBC, where it spent 17 years until it was axed in 2022 due to budget cuts. But this past February the satirical news show (think “SNL’s” Weekend Update but more off the cuff) finally returned with a new length — 45 minutes instead of 30, excluding ad breaks — and slightly different feel after it was resurrected by TLC.
\n\n“I sort of expected it to be wildly different, but it’s not,” says comedian and fellow regular Angela Barnes, who made her first appearance on the show…
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