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Mock the Week returning to TV on new channel three years after BBC axe

Satirical panel series was cancelled by the BBC at the end of 2022

The Independent UK · Jan 13

Ed Byrne: ‘The better the audience, the more emotional I get’

The standup on finding a good preshow pint, getting heckled and reflecting on the death of his brother in Tragedy Plus Time

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024

Laughing through the pain: Edinburgh comics relive true-life traumas

What’s the funniest thing on the festival fringe? No, not politics, but painful introspection

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023

Ed Byrne performs VR comedy show, but insists ‘a robot isn’t taking my job’

‘I have no worries whatsoever about AI replacing stand-up comedy’, said the 50-year-old comedian.

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

Grandma says Ed Byrne's joke about diarrhoea saved her life

The Mock the Week comedian says he is happy to 'share the credit with the doctors'

Wales Online · Dec 8, 2022

Mock The Week's emotional end as Dara Ó Briain says it's been a 'joy and honour'

Dara Ó Briain brought BBC comedy show Mock The Week to an emotional close on Friday night, after 17 years and 21 series on air. The final episode came after regular contributor Ed Byrne took a sweary swipe at the BBC for pulling the plug, as he called out 'Tory…

Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

Stand up comic Matt Forde doesn't hold back after someone brings a baby to one of his gigs

Twitter users were divided by his comments

Wales Online · Aug 16, 2022

Comedian Ed Byrne honours brother's dying wish by playing 'Disco Inferno' at his cremation

“That has been the interesting thing about this, there’s been a lot of laughter and comedy surrounding the whole thing."

Irish Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

Kaleidoscope festival 2022: Tickets, line-up and all you need to know about the Alexandra Palace event

You survived the heatwave, now you can let your hair down at this Ally Pally shindig

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2022

Sarah Keyworth on grief and doing comedy ‘when you’re not feeling particularly funny’

The standup’s new Edinburgh fringe show, Lost Boy, is about rediscovering silliness after difficult life events

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022