Dara O’Briain: 17 years of Mock The Week was ‘not a bad innings’

He said that due to the number of comedians on the show, it had been hard to have “a coherent political stance”.

Dara O’Briain:17 years of Mock The Week was ‘not a bad innings’. Picture: Adam Lawrence

Mock The Week host Dara O’Briain said that 17 years was “not a bad innings”, following the BBC announcement that the current affairs comedy panel show would be ending in autumn.

The Irish comedian, who hosted the show for 21 series and more than 200 episodes, said it would have been “nice to carry on” but acknowledged that such shows “had an era”.