TLC commissions special summer series of Mock the Week
Wednesday 6 May 2026 – London, UK – Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland has today announced that Mock the Week will be back on TLC with a 5-episode special summer series.
Following the successful return of the show on the new free-to-air TLC at the start of the year, the additional 5-episode run through June and July will give Mock the Week fans their fix of summer satire ahead of series 2, airing this autumn.
Produced by Angst, the 5x60 summer series, which starts on TLC at 9pm on Sunday 7 June, will see Dara Ó Briain return as host, joined by series regular Rhys James alongside a panel featuring some of the nation’s favourite comedians.
Watch as sport - via a World Cup stateside - politics and pop culture collide against the backdrop of a sizzling summer news agenda.
Graham Lafferty, SVP Content Strategy & Networks, UK & Ireland, Warner Bros. Discovery said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Angst to bring viewers an extra burst of Mock the Week this summer on TLC. Following May’s elections and a football World Cup from North America, fans of the series can expect more comedy gold as topical satire meets a summer packed with global and local events and an ever-changing news agenda.”
Mock the Week host, Dara Ó Briain, added: “The Prime Minister in trouble, the world running out of oil, and the most chaotic World Cup in history about to start? Well, that sounds like a week worth mocking. Of course we’re back!"
The series was ordered by Graham Lafferty and commissioned by Charlotte Reid for Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland.
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Delivering big laughs, real emotion and true escapism, TLC brings together the best in scripted and unscripted entertainment - from comedy to culture, movies to medical reality. Now home to multi-award-winning comedy series including The Big Bang Theory; the UK premiere of Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage; and the best of British comedy-satire with the return of Mock the Week; and new series Zero Stars, TLC is the new broad FTA entertainment destination.
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