Mock The Week Bows Out, HIGNFY Speedily Updates Show...

Mock The Week Bows Out, HIGNFY Speedily Updates Show...

Spare a thought for Mock The Week. The very final new edition of the show goes out on Friday night but was recorded the night before Liz Truss resigned.

The line-up for the last show is Alasdair Beckett-King, Angela Barnes, Hugh Dennis, Dara O'Briain, Rhys James, Ahir Shah, Zoe Lyons. 

As Angela Barnes tweeted: "Liz Truss has done some terrible things, but resigning the day after we record the last ever episode of Mock The Week is up there"

While Alisdair Beckett King drily tweeted shortly after the PM's announcement: "So thrilled to have recorded Mock the Week yesterday afternoon after all the major stories had come out."

And Dara O Briain summed up the state of affairs succinctly: "We recorded the final Mock the Week last night. Jesus, she can’t even get that right."

The edition on Friday October 21st at 10pm will be the 232nd and final episode after 17 years and 21 series.
 
Rather presciently, the press release that was sent out on Wednesday said: "The show’s producers remain hopeful that there is still time for the government to provide a further content boost by installing the seventh Prime Minister of the show’s run in the next 24 hours..."
 
This final regular episode will be followed by two specials looking back over the history of Mock The Week.
 
Meanwhile over at the Have I Got News For You writer's room scripts the team are busy prepping their Friday night show. Kevin Day tweeted: "Have I Got News For You has turned into an exercise in speed-writing this week! #HIGNFY"
 

Pictured: Alasdair Beckett-King, Angela Barnes, Hugh Dennis, Dara O'Briain, Rhys James, Ahir Shah, Zoe Lyons

Credit: BBC/Angst/Neil Genower

 

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