Audience Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060105720291
Format: PAL
Label: Spirit Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Spirit Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Spirit Entertainment
Region Code: 2
Release Date: November 26, 2007
Studio: Spirit Entertainment

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
One of television's best kept secrets, Mock The Week stands aside from the ongoing collection of panel quiz games by being both very, very funny, and consistently keeping its standards high.

The format certainly helps. Based on the principle of two teams going head to head in a quiz based on the week's happenings, Mock The Week then promptly rips up the textbook by introducing all sorts of madness. Improvisation? Yup. A bit of role play? Yup. Lots of laughs? Absolutely. In short, take something like Have I Got News For You, mix in some elements of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and add in some incredibly funny panelists, and this gem of a show is the end result.

What really makes it though is not just the format, but the panelists themselves. Hosted by one of the funniest men on the planet, Dara O'Briain, Mock The Week then brings in the likes of Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard and the gut-wrenchingly funny Frankie Boyle. The mixture is perfect, and the show simply superb.

What's more, this surprisingly lengthy DVD also brings in lots of material that even hardened fans of the show won't have seen before. That surely makes Mock the Week: Too Hot For TV one of the must-have comedy discs of the last few years. And given the consistently high quality of the show, be prepared for more releases in the future too. Bring them on… --Simon Brew




Rating: - Hilarious!
I am a fan of the TV show, seen them all, so when I saw this in the sale had to give it a try. Some of the stuff in this is so outrageous that I am a little suprised it made it on DVD, but I am glad it did. Some of the stuff on this had me crying with laughter. A must purchase (unless you are easily offended!)

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Rating: - Rapid fire jokes
This is British stand up at it's best on TV. It's very similar to "Whose line is it anyway?", not surprising since Dan Patterson created both of them, but this is more spoken comedy and is topical. Most of the jokes are funny, if you catch them. Be warned if you're not British or aware of British politics some of the jokes will go over your head as they make jokes of the leader of the Liberal Democrat party. The best bits were "bad things to say ...", eg things you never hear announced over the tannoy. ... Read More

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Rating: - How Does The BBC Do It?
The BBC will always be known in England for its topical comedy panel shows. Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI and Have I Got News For You are but a few great comedy panel shows. When Mock The Week first came along I didn't have any sort of scepticism relating to it as I knew that with Dara O'Briain at the helm and Frankie Boyle on the panel it was bound to be hysterical. It was not only hysterical but pants wetting controversy as when you give Frankie Boyle a platform, you're bound to be offended somehow. He's ... Read More

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Rating: - HORRIBLE
It's just a group of annoying "comedians" reading from a script(not a good one at that). yawn-o-rama.

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Rating: - Mock the Weak
When you think that Mock The Week is currently airing it's 6th series on BBC 2. It seems a bit of a cheek to release a DVD which has 3 episodes in full.

Apart from that it is a fantastic show, the best comedy panel show on TV I have ever seen to be honest. A mixture of Have I Got News For You and Whose Line Is It Anyway? a brilliant show.

The show is repeated fairly fequently on Dave, so if you want to check it out, look there.

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