List of Never Mind the Buzzcocks episodes
This is a list of episodes of "Never Mind the Buzzcocks", the satirical music-based panel game. 274 regular episodes and nine clip shows have been broadcast across 29 series; 283 episodes in total. The show was originally chaired by Mark Lamarr, with Sean Hughes and Phill Jupitus as team captains and two guests on each team. Lamarr left after series 17 and series 18 was chaired by a series of guest hosts. One of these, satirical "Popworld" presenter Simon Amstell, took over as presenter from series 19. Amstell left after series 22  and the show was chaired by guests until the end of Series 27. For Series 28 the show was presented by Rhod Gilbert. Bill Bailey replaced Sean Hughes from series 11. During series 21, Bailey was unable to attend filming and so Noel Fielding provided cover for three episodes (2, 3 and 4). Bailey left permanently after this series and was replaced by guest captains until Fielding returned full-time in series 23. Professor Green replaced Fielding as team captain for one episode in series 26 (episode 5). Phill Jupitus was unable to appear in one episode of series 25  (episode 6), the only episode of the show's original run he did not appear in (not including the 2011 Comic Relief episode for "24 Hour Panel People"). His position on that occasion was taken by Frankie Boyle. In June 2013, an eight-part clip show series aired under the name "What a Load of Buzzcocks". Each episode focussed on a different year of the show and the musical stories from that year. Alex James of Blur narrated all episodes of the series. A twenty-ninth series aired in 2021, hosted by Greg Davies, with Noel Fielding and Daisy May  Cooper as captains, and Jamali Maddix as a regular team member. Episode list. The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows: "Guests are listed from the hosts' far right to far left. Numbers in square brackets  after each list indicate that team's total score." Series 5. Notes No Episode Was Aired on 12 March 1999. Series 29. This is the first series of the show's revival running from 2021.