Mock the Week

(BBC2, 10pm-10.30pm)

New series. In June 2005, Dara O Briain hit the screens with a new comedy panel show in which comedians were invited to comment on the week’s events. It may not have been the first show to have done this, but its method of doing so - playing to the comics’ strengths through stand-up spots and improvised games - quickly assured its success.