Talk:Mock the Week

message: Who came up with the name of Mock The Week and its format?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.197.207.87 (talk) 14:15, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: --Will2710 00:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Originaly, Boyle was meant to be the team captain, but then Dennis came on board and rather took over - though actually, if you listen to how Dara O'Briain refers to the teams, he never identifies anyone as captains at all - if he's referring to a whole team, he'll say all three names, rather than X's team. --Bonalaw 15:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Captains

message: Do we really need all these quotes from the show? Although funny, it's not really encyclopaedic, and I'd be surprised if it were good Wikipedia practice. -- Boothman /tɔːk/ 12:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endless quotes 

message: Is it not worth a mention Parsons was also a participant in the first two series' of Mock The Week? GiantSpider 18:40, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parsons 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Mocktheweek.JPG

message: As above Gnevin (talk) 10:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was created by the same people. ISD (talk) 11:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  And how does that mean it was proceeded by Whose Line Is It Anyway, this seems like WP:OR to me Gnevin (talk) 21:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: How is this proceeded by Whose Line Is It Anyway?

message: Ok, I need to know if this will air in the US, if it doesn't I can get DVDs [when they come out] from my cousin in the UK. 172.163.111.22 (talk) 02:53, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As of 2020 (at least) episodes are streamed via BritBox.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.196.161.203 (talk) 17:20, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will this air in the USA? 

message: Does anyone know when (or if) season 6 will air?  203.59.89.175 (talk) 15:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Now. Nemesis646 (talk) 15:30, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Season 6? 

message: I just finished an EXTREEEME cleanup of this page. Let's keep it this way. Smurfy 14:52, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: The wikiquote article on mock the week has vanished. Does anyone know where it's gone? 86.137.11.52 (talk) 19:36, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mock the Week on Wikiquote 

message: I've commented out the Recurring jokes section because I don't believe it's at all needed for a general understanding of the show. That sort of thing is fan-site stuff. Should we delete it? Smurfy 21:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the recurring jokes section, in it's current form, is highly unencyclopedia. It should either be deleted, or edited down and written in prose. Million_Moments (talk) 17:12, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

text: Annoying, since that was my favourite bit of the article. - Cassius335
I think somethings in reoccuring jokes should be mentioned for instants Frankie Boyles' "Kerry Katona" and Hugh Dennis' Shawoddywoddy jokes.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.206.251 (talk) 02:59, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recurring jokes 

message: Shouldn't the article mention the attention that some of the jokes have received? An example is the joke Frankie Boyle made this year about the Queen's vagina, which was mentioned the day after by Emily Maitlis in an interview she conducted on Newsnight. F W Nietzsche (talk) 23:33, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It wasn't actually a new joke, it was said in a repeat on Dave and has been called by Dara "a poor attempt to keep up the momentum of the Brand/Ross Controversy", which it was. The joke was shown in, if my memory serves me right, a series in 2007 --A Chain of Flowers (talk) 21:10, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Complaints / controversy

message: It seems like the title "Mock the Week" is some sort of pun. Does it rhyme with something? Possibly just "mock the weak"? 76.105.176.44 (talk) 01:54, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It possibly relates to the former radio show Stop the Week. -- Dr Greg  talk  19:09, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice use of satire there 76.105.176.44.--EchetusXe 09:23, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punny title? 

message: Nish Kumar appeared on the programme in June 2016 and should be added to the list of guests.Vorbee (talk) 21:24, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Nish Kumar

message: Please read this first; only revert the article's latest changes if there is a general consensus for it:
I would like to inform all that I recently rewrote most of the article - primarily the lead, the info on the panellists and the info on the rounds - with the aim being to improve the article. This is what was done:
* Lead - Merged the first two paragraphs together; stated that the show has had a variety of different comedian performers and that Dara Ó Briain and comedian Hugh Dennis have appeared in all episodes since the show's debut; deletion of the info about the number of viewers attracted in 2007 (thats something that could be kept for a "Reception" section to this article).
* Panel - Renamed to Format and containing info on the show's format and the studio set-up; Info from Panel placed into a new subsection entitled Permanent Panellists (name may need work), to detail the performers who came into the show on a regular permanent basis, from when they first began to when they departed; Guest Appearances made a subsection of Format and renamed as Guest Panellists; Dara Ó Briain removed from table in this section - he is the host and this table is simply stating the series time for each member who worked as a permanent panellist.
* Rounds - Wikilinks made to info in this section; info set out to not name people but state that performers are put into this game, and host judges them, in this sense - the host of the show may change in the future, and any performers who are often involved in a game are named as such in the info.
I also recently redid the article, List of Mock the Week episodes, to not include info on wins by teams, as the scoring system does not show points and the host usually picks out the winner. Such information had no notable relevance in the article, and so the coloured backgrounds and the section "Scores" were removed, while the photos in this article were moved to here.
GUtt01 (talk) 16:06, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mock The Week - Recent Rewrite 

message: I would like to propose a discussion on the information in the article, List of Mock the Week episodes, in regards to Wins and Scores.  My belief is that the information should not be included there; in my personal opinion, I don't think it has anything to warrant notability at all, as the show is not a serious competition and most of the rounds don't focus on news articles on the week before its broadcast/filming, because they involve stand-up on certain topics and improve games.  My proposal is simply to comment on what to do with the information and draw some consensus on this (after I let personal feelings get the better of me).  The following options should be considered in this discussion:
* Should the information be deleted, and if so, why should it be the case in your own words?
* Should the information be merged into the main article here, and if so, why?  If it is merged into this article, should it be all the information or some of it?
* Should the information remain where it is?  If so, why?
Please comment to this Talk subject below here please.  Thank you. GUtt01 (talk) 19:10, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Right, well for starters the information itself shouldn't be merged here because the article would be too long to navigate comfortably. It certainly shouldn't be deleted per the guidance at WP:TVEP. The Scores section at the end of the article I'm easy wherever it ends up, whether here, there or the bin but the wins I would argue in favour of keeping for no reason other than it makes the article look prettier and thus easier to navigate. (Oh, and , if you want to get this in front of a wider audience, stick an WP:RFC notice at the top of this section.--Launchballer 19:35, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

text: Taken suggestion and added in that RFC. Also, I'm not proposing a merger of the article; just the information.GUtt01 (talk) 19:48, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, well it turns out I can't read.  Corrected.--Launchballer 19:54, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

text: Summoned by bot. What if we simply made the table collapsable? Seems like a simple fix. Readers who are interested can just expand the table to read the scores. Meatsgains (talk) 00:15, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mock the Week - List of Mock the Week episodes: Scores and Winners information 

message: Ratings should be covered.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaraOBrien (talk • contribs) 04:47, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Falling Ratings 

message: Two more episodes are due to air, presumably best-of episodes. The article has already been changed to say the show ended on Thursday, should it be left like this until the extra episodes air or removed until the run is completed. 2A00:23C7:DE9A:DB01:1224:C5EB:1A86:5931 (talk) 00:16, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Compilation episodes are part of the show’s run, so I think the date should be removed until these episodes have aired and the text should clarify that 21 October was the last episode in the normal format. January (talk) 11:21, 22 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  End Date 

message: The first sentence of the article reads "Mock the Week is a topical satirical celebrity panel show." As it had its last ever episode in October 2022, should "is" be changed to "was"? Rollo August (talk) 20:01, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: No. Please read MOS:TVNOW. -- Dr Greg  talk  20:03, 28 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Tense change