Mock the Week Series 14 Episode 1 - James Acaster, Matt Forde, Katherine Ryan, Josh Widdicombe

Dara O Briain and the team return for another series of the topical comedy featuring guests James Acaster, Matt Forde, Katherine Ryan and Josh Widdicombe.

[@Onlera]

I love Acaster. "your topic is Britain" "I wish I was Mexican"

[@turtlesandwich77]

"For sticking to the topic James Acaster gets the points" Bro what

[@DancingBlueMLBCatGamer]

The funny thing about Matt’s comment on Boris speaking Latin is that, despite the fact he was joking, it does actually roughly translate to “The richness of the rich is right,” which sounds like a Boris comment.

[@LunaHusky805]

If I see Acaster in the line up, I'm watching.

[@igomko7330]

Thank the Universe for James Acaster!

[@CRiley-zx1ws]

"Who keeps giving us public liability insurance?" - Classic!

[@DrewSavo]

“You saw what happened to Never Mind the Buzzcocks. It could happen to you.” Well that was a nasty piece of foreshadowing.

[@jibbybeast3330]

Was looking for this comment

[@costeris35]

I love both Katherine Ryan and James Acaster. Great episode.

[@ac3d657]

ok commie

[@a.demifemiflapo5795]

Imagine the one liner kings Milton Jones, Stewart Francis and Gary Delaney on at the same time along with Ed Gamble, Ed Byrne and Chris Addison.

[@adrikasinhababu4128]

Acaster, man he nailed it.

[@kennyhagan5781]

Matt's interview rant was incredibly insightful. 💯

[@DaekoTan]

James Acaster and Katherine Ryan in the same episode spells untold but hilarious havoc.

[@nefwaenre]

Here for James!! ♥

[@ShiningEyeBrigade]

American here. I watch these videos for the brilliant improv, but really surprised how much I am learning about about UK pop culture and politics. I do watch / read some content specifically to understand what’s going on in other parts of the world, so I’m not sure how useful this would be if I was completely ignorant. But together with those other sources, it really gives me a deeper understanding. I know standup comedians tailor their content for different countries, and many if these references and jokes might not be included when they tour outside the UK. So i think it is really valuable for different countries to have access to content designed for other audiences. Kinda interesting to consider, maybe?

[@datgrrl5698]

American??? Latin American??? South American??? North American??? Do you mean you are from the United States??? What have you learned??? Let's unpack this... Dara is Irish and that is not in the United Kingdom... Katherine is Canadian, not a part of the United Kingdom...Matt is from the States... the other four panelists are English not British... yes there is a difference... mayhaps you should focus on geography before you portend to be an expert on other countries... cor blimey those from the states are truly all fur coat, no knickers...

[@jaymercer4692]

@@datgrrl5698 Your comment is pretty stupid in a number of ways but I’ll just pick my favourite one. English people are British. In fact over 80% of British people are English but 100% of English people are British. The same way Nepalese people are Asian and people from the Seychelles are African.

[@andrewhoag6167]

@@datgrrl5698 Did he say he was only referring to this episode? He did not. Also "portend" to be an expert ? He neither PREtended to be an "expert" nor butchered the English language, as you have. In short - go $#@*!! yourself.

[@ChilieConCarnage07]

@@datgrrl5698 Jesus Christ calm the fuck down. Cringe...

[@StephenBlower]

@@datgrrl5698 Matt Forde is English you ARSE!

[@sweiland75]

Hugh's impression of Dr. Strangelove was perfect

[@DragonwithaGirlTattoo]

Acaster fearlessly rattles off the word sombrero.

[@asterix811]

And “tack-os”.

[@lizzykazon3945]

Hello from quarantine 2020

[@rielo9725]

Hi

[@Ogrethephreak]

Hello from quarantine 2022

[@rosemaryjones5550]

Hi from second covid-19 case 2022

[@ehlayan6667]

Fucking love James Acaster.

[@mikeallen7357]

Does anyone realise that Divitas, Divitum, Rectum losely translates to "The Rich, Arseholes"

[@KingRabbitCPH]

Miss Ryan is so lovely :) I love Hugh Denis ang young Mr. James Acaster... What a funny guy :)

[@RyanGriffiths28]

Boris impersonation was amazing

[@andraskurucz839]

every time I watch this I hope that Dara does the NWA impression

[@RafaelSCalsaverini]

Matt's impressions are quite impressive.

[@Deimonik1]

James Acaster always gives zero fucks on panel shows about the format, hilarious.

[@kira-lilym6363]

I love that hugh is always the only contestant to ever get a question right

[@alexandercanella4479]

It's almost like he works there.

[@kira-lilym6363]

@@alexandercanella4479 i mean all the contestants are technically at work so ? whats your point

[@alexandercanella4479]

@@kira-lilym6363 I mean, hes not a guest. People who work on shows full time generally know what's going to happen more so than guests.

[@davebox588]

Almost like they know the questions beforehand.

[@datgrrl5698]

It's referred to as EDITING...

[@Robwhelan17]

Really great episode..!

[@stannousflouride8372]

Ahh, how sweet life was just so recently, only 4 years back in a world we had before Brexit and Trump.

[@missmcphee8859]

Yeah with idiotic Obama and facist Eu. No thanks

[@missmcphee8859]

@@kokyyyy bommer? You mean boomer? I'm Gen Z btw, but considering you don't know how to spell correctly, the letter Z is the last letter of the alphabet as you probs didn't know.

[@missmcphee8859]

@@kokyyyy That's alright, we weren't talking about grammar, we were talking about your incorrect spelling and attempt to delegitimise my comment based on your presupposition of my age.

[@alexandercanella4479]

@@missmcphee8859 I dont think you know what fascist means.

[@davidcrean1918]

My Ideal line up James Acaster, Katherine Ryan, Milton Jones, Gary Delaney, Hugh Dennis and Ed Byrne.

[@CommissionerSleer]

That is a good line-up. I presume you would include Frankie Boyle if he wanted to be in it. Gary Delaney or Stewart Francis I'd also want to include Joe Wilkinson, Greg Davies, Diane Morgan, Miles Jupp, Rob Beckett, David Mitchell... can we make it 5-a-side for this fantasy 3 hour special?

[@davidcrean1918]

CommissionerSleer May swap Boyle for Ryan

[@musicmanyac34]

Has this show really been on for ten years ? 😂😂 I was born 20years ago and found this show last year oh god 😂

[@terranceparsons5185]

Phoning Joan! 😂😂😂😂

[@els236]

James Acaster has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humour, not a lot of people get it, but I love it :D His thing on Mexico was meant to be sarcastic as hell :p

[@Noobie2k7]

His stand up is amazing too. His wit is razor sharp. I see him in London whenever i can.

[@NeonblueIndustries]

Me too!! hes an absolute pissa!! What is so annoying is comics that say "ERRRRRRRMMMMM imediatly after their punch line..... DARA!!! It's a shame coz his jokes would be fine with out it. the more dryl the better. and the more swearing doesn't equal more funny. less is more!.

[@sebastianlacroix5871]

I get it. It just doesn't make me laugh. You can be dry AND funny. Richard Ayoade for instance. Don't get much more anti-joke than that.

[@rocketamadeus3730]

It was shit.

[@rocketamadeus3730]

He's not 1/10th a Richard Ayoade, and Richard Ayoade doesn't even have to do anything but be Richard Ayoade.

[@The_Kawazaki_Kid]

James was spot on about sep blatter " old man at xmas " bit

[@rosemaryjones5550]

Yay James

[@cptreech]

The 2Man from Del Monte"? Yes...fucking yes.

[@NxDoyle]

I thought the point of panel shows was to prepare your gags and deliver them as if they were spontaneous. Only Acaster seems to be able to pull this off.

[@annother3350]

A lot off this was off the cuff funny. You can tell by how they make each other laugh

[@ellademore1506]

Ann Other, they typically sandwich those clips in post. Post’s job is to make the show as “laugh out loud” funny as possible, so when the comedians aren’t laughing, they find a clip where they are and edit it in to look like it matches up. When the people on screen laugh, it gives the people at home permission to laugh as well. It’s the same reason they use a studio audience for comedy shows. It’s easy to spot idiosyncrasies or “continuity errors” in this show if you watch it with an editor’s eye. Usually the footage from one shot to the next doesn’t match up chronologically at all.

[@kuiniotepo]

I watch you guys all the time, although there are also those times when I dont understand what Dara is saying... my bad

[@leylaozen1655]

acaster is jesus i love him

[@GrimAnglo]

That damn beard.

[@ythaenagor]

Fun to look back on the days when Jeremy Corbyn was just "that guy"

[@TheHutchy01]

I thought the Conservatives did win a Labour leadership election in 1994.

[@tomturbuckle0076]

Well wait till 2022...

[@callumwaters8602]

What was that about you can't give the world cup to Qatar? 😂

[@epicmediocrity2603]

NWA hahahhahahah got ya bitc%

[@SFVariety]

Hugh looks better with the beard ngl

[@oscartravis5740]

Actually that first Labour candidate Liz Kendal used to go out with Greg Davies who often comes on this show

[@marionbayley1351]

Interesting comment. Greg Davies has been on twice : series 6 episode 2 & series 7 episode 3. I didn’t know about Liz Kendal - thank you

[@oscartravis5740]

@@marionbayley1351 You're welcome :-) My favourite episode is the one of Greg doing his Peter Andre impression, gets me every time

[@marionbayley1351]

I agree - one of the funniest episodes ever

[@dominicallin834]

Matt forde so underrated

[@KrisAdamsTV]

It's close, but for staying on the topiuc, the points go to James Acaster. (After talking about Mexico, for the topic of "Great Britain") 😂 😂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnjXmWB7etSDnMk

[@vangroover1903]

The scoring system is rigged, man. So corrupt!!! PS ;@)

[@0Iive]

10:35 😟

[@markjameldc1520]

the jeremy corbyn origin story

[@HeadingEast2025]

bit of foresight about Putin....

[@rynabuns]

10:35 hmmmm

[@brettb9194]

Katherine still most of the original parts here

[@RatelHBadger]

Most of "her" original parts anyway. Really don't like the work she's had done on her face.

[@MxMattyB]

24:00 James Acaster: "Whazzzzup!?" his psychic agent: "yeah mate i have some bad news you'll still be on Mock the Week in series 21"

[@fakeprofile1408]

desperately squeezed impressions by that guy

[@joachimkrekel211]

That putin part didn’t age well 😅

[@samcampling4885]

I love Matt! One of Britain's finest comedians!

[@cbjones82]

Is he a comedian? I thought he was just a pundit

[@momchilandonov]

15:17 Why James Acaster won when he wasn't even on topic?!

[@malachipg7576]

being off topic was part of the bit since the previous guy's section was about politics answering with their own answers

[@momchilandonov]

@@malachipg7576 Gary Delaney also uses his oneliners regardless of the topics :D.

[@theenchiladakid1866]

Russia invade nato? That would never happen

[@RyuBlack93]

Wow, that joke about Nato, especially right now... Jesus... Smmfh

[@biglogan6142]

10:34 ... that didn't age super well ...

[@danieldib2286]

So, I know this is a comedy show , and we slag things off for laughter....... This is my fav show hands down But that comment on Qatar is not accurate The Middle East loves football!,,,,,, #qatar2022

[@anthonyochocki6535]

Acaster always seems to need to take his Ritalin....and Widdicombe sounds like he had to repeat High School....FRANKIE BOYLE is Sorely Missed....'Dara, ask 'Mr. Humphries (AYBS) all about that 'Blow Tickler' you're tooting on....lol..'

[@bcarter9252]

And then Katherine Ryan slags of Mock for not having enough women...BYE KAREN

[@vinuthomas7193]

Can't one be both basic and ratchet!?

[@scotsman242424]

Katherine actually use to look normal😯 looks like shit nowdays but interesting to see how people change especially in tv🤔

[@rjs8778]

this video is six years old u idiot

[@SFVariety]

Ehh.. She certainly wasnt that good when she was in the program.

[@engasal]

That impressionist dude's annoying

[@CashelOConnolly]

Josh Widdecombe couldn’t make a hyena laugh

[@RatelHBadger]

So Nish Kumar

[@antonyevans9772]

How does Katherine Ryan keep getting work? There's some great comedians out there who could appear on the show, yet they keep wheeling her out.

[@genericwhitemale6089]

women can use sex to get things

[@artemisstrong5113]

So can men. Are you saying that you find Katherine Ryan more sexy than funny? Okay. I find Hugh Dennis more sexy than funny. And while all the original cast is gone, he's still there. So maybe he's trading sex for employment too. Maybe NOBODY on TV is funny, just willing to have sex with the powerful. Oh no, wait. The audience is laughing.

[@glenns828]

I mean I find her very funny. Humor is subjective after all, you’ve simply shared your opinion, not a fact.

[@emporioalnino4670]

@@genericwhitemale6089 what? no way

[@rocketamadeus3730]

That whole mariachi bit tho... he was really killin it. Just kidding, it was horrible.

[@austinpenn630]

wrong

[@genericwhitemale6089]

@@austinpenn630 butthurt? apparently not everyone has the same taste in comedy, just because you find terrible comedy funny doesnt mean the rest of us do.

[@tylerburney8576]

Generic White Male Lmao you’re calling him butthurt for going “wrong” meanwhile you wrote a whole ass paragraph to him.

[@engasal]

'Killing it' means horrible. The youth of today don't understand that

[@cbjones82]

I liked it...

[@gbulmer]

First Broadcast 11 June 2015 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mock_the_Week_episodes