page_title: Mock the Week
section_title: Permanent panellists
hierarchical_section_title: Mock the Week / Format / Permanent panellists
caption_attribution_description: Hugh Dennis performing The Now Show at the 2005 Radio Festival.
context_page_description: Mock the Week is a British topical satirical celebrity panel show, that was created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, who also co-created the comedy game show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Performers deliver mostly prepared answers on different subjects under the guise of an improvised gameshow. It is made by independent production company Angst Productions, and made its debut on BBC Two on 5 June 2005, with the show's theme song being "News of the World" by The Jam. The show has featured a variety of different stand-up performers, some being part of the show for several series as a permanent fixture, with host Dara Ó Briain and comedian Hugh Dennis having appeared in every episode since its debut. Old episodes currently air on Dave, which is frequently mentioned on the show.
context_section_description: Throughout the show's history, Mock The Week has consistently had at least one permanent comedian/stand-up performers within its panel who appears regularly within every episode; up until the fifteenth series, the programme regularly featured two permanent members in its panel, and in some series the show featured a third permanent member. While there have been a total of six performers who have performed regularly on the show as a permanent panellist, only Hugh Dennis has appeared regularly in every episode since its debut (with the exception of a special episode of the programme that was broadcast as part of David Walliams' 24 Hour Panel People). The other five performers to have been regular, permanent members on the show include:
  Frankie Boyle – Series 1 to Series 7. His departure from the show, revealed on 2 October 2009, was due to focusing on "other television commitments".
  Rory Bremner –  Series 1 to Series 2.
  Andy Parsons – Series 3  to Series 14. His departure from the programme was announced on 19 October 2015.
  Russell Howard – Series 4 to Series 9 (first half).
  Chris Addison – Series 10 (latter half) to Series 12 (first half). His departure from the show was due to his involvement in a project being filmed in the United States.
caption: To date, Hugh Dennis has appeared in every episode, with the exception of the special episode for David Walliams' 24 Hour Panel People
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