Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

1996
★★★☆☆ 7.0/10
📺 28 Seasons
🎬 283 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 29 min/episode
Comedy
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Seasons

Season 1
1996 • 10 Episodes
The first of a new six-part comedy pop-quiz series. Mark Lamarr poses the questions for teams captained by comedians Sean Hughes and Phill Jupitus. Tonight's panellists are Matthew Priest of Dodgy, former Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson and Right Said Fred's Richard Fairbrass, while the guest comedian is Donna McPhail.
Season 2
1997 • 8 Episodes
Season 3
1998 • 7 Episodes
Season 4
1998 • 7 Episodes
Season 5
1999 • 9 Episodes
Season 6
1999 • 10 Episodes
Season 7
2000 • 10 Episodes
Season 8
2001 • 11 Episodes
Season 9
2001 • 10 Episodes
Season 10
2002 • 10 Episodes
Season 11
2002 • 9 Episodes
Season 12
2003 • 11 Episodes
Season 13
2003 • 9 Episodes
Season 14
2004 • 11 Episodes
Season 15
2004 • 7 Episodes
Season 16
2005 • 11 Episodes
Season 17
2005 • 9 Episodes
Season 18
2006 • 7 Episodes
Season 19
2006 • 7 Episodes
Season 20
2007 • 6 Episodes
Alan Davies, Chris Peck, Matt Baker and Nerina Pallot join host Simon Amstell and team captains Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus for the quiz.
Season 21
2007 • 13 Episodes
Season 22
2008 • 13 Episodes
Ralf Little, Jamie Reynolds (Klaxons), Adele, Mark Ronson, Tim Minchin
Season 23
2009 • 13 Episodes
The anarchic, award-winning pop quiz returns with team captain Noel Fielding opposite regular Phill Jupitus and guest host James Corden. Guest panellists include Tom Clarke, Paloma Faith, Ben Miller and American comedienne Janeane Garofalo.
Season 24
2010 • 13 Episodes
The music based panel show returns for its 24th series. Musician and producer Mark Ronson hosts.
Season 25
2011 • 13 Episodes
In the first show of the new series, David Hasselhoff is the Guest Chairman, presiding over team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding, who are joined by Louie Spence, Sugababe Amelle, Loick Essien and Peter Serafinowicz.
Season 26
2012 • 13 Episodes
In the first show of the series, team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding are joined by Olympian Greg Rutherford, N-Dubz's Fazer, comedienne Sarah Millican and Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 with guest host Kathy Burke.
Season 27
2013 • 13 Episodes
The comedy music quiz returns, with a guest host taking charge of proceedings. Regular team captains Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding are joined on the first show by electronic duos Basement Jaxx and AlunaGeorge, and comedian James Acaster.
Season 28
2014 • 13 Episodes
Guests on this first episode of the new series are rapper Professor Green, comic Roisin Conaty, the 1975's Matt Healy and TV presenter Gabby Logan.

Network

BBC Two

Production

Talkback Thames

Keywords

pop culturepop musicpanel show