# TV Panel show decline in the UK? (Mock the Week....canceled) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** talk-variety-show\ **Created:** [August 2, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975 "2022-08-02T15:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/61 "2022-08-05T22:25:24Z")
John Sessions died? Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/62 "2022-08-05T22:31:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > John Sessions died? Indeed, sorry. Sean Lock as well. Sessions died in 2020, Sean Lock died in 2021. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/63 "2022-08-05T22:36:56Z")
Yeah, I heard about Lock when it happened. Damn shame. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/64 "2022-08-05T23:59:19Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > One panelist did request all the questions and became an insufferable know-it-all on air. Stephen Fry would not reveal who it was, but it was recently revealed to have been John Sessions, who they stopped inviting at some point. I believe Dara Ó Briain revealed it after John Sessions died. Yes, Sessions always had to show off. I remember watching the last episode of QI he appeared on; he rang in on _every single topic_; he then proceeded to ramble on and on, thoroughly dominating the banter, usually talking about something that was only tangentially related to what Stephen had asked about. By the end of the episode, Fry looked like he was about ready to slug Sessions in the face to get him to shut the hell up. After that, I can totally understand why they never had him back. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/65 "2022-08-06T00:02:16Z")
Sessions also used to come to _Whose Line Is It Anyway_ with prepared material, which is the opposite of what the show was about. He was an excellent character actor, but he seemed to be a bit of a nob otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/66 "2022-08-06T00:25:10Z")
Here is Dara talking clearly about John Sessions. He says someone is dead and it isn’t “Sean Lock” so it is very easy to put it together. They couldn’t stand his performance so much, they turned off his buzzer. Hilarious. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UrtY_23d9VA/maxresdefault.jpg "Dara Ó Briain | Full Q&A | Oxford Union") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrtY_23d9VA) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/67 "2022-08-06T01:54:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > He was an excellent character actor, but he seemed to be a bit of a nob otherwise. Apparently, he was a UKIP supporter. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/68 "2022-08-06T18:42:52Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > > [@GuanoLad](#): > > > > He was an excellent character actor, but he seemed to be a bit of a nob otherwise. > > Apparently, he was a UKIP supporter. Ugh. I hadn’t heard all this … but i’ve always thought he was a bit of a nob ! Also, fwiw, it has been suggested that with the current political goings-on etc there is no place for satire anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/69 "2022-09-25T12:11:43Z")
Mock the Week came back yesterday for the last time. I will admit, I am part of the decline. I haven’t been actively watching Mock the Week for a long time, but only caught clips here and there. I decided to try to watch the final episodes, though. I love self-deprecating humor and I think Dara and Hugh are ready to give us this as they wind their show down. They did joke about the end of the show, but not as much as I hoped. I expect this to increase over the next few weeks. It’s on Youtube if you want to see it, but I am not sure if it is entirely legal since it isn’t the official MTW channel. Run, relatively recent, clip of the show having fun making fun of Hugh Dennis…for being in the latest Daniel Craig James Bond movie. Yes, Hugh was indeed in it. For like 3 minutes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hqAfVZaw--k/hqdefault.jpg "Mock the Week: Hugh Was in a James Bond Film") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqAfVZaw--k) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975/70 "2022-10-17T20:15:02Z")
Frankie Boyle just commented on twitter about Mock the Week and you know what, he might be right? Mock The Week’s final new episode is Friday. > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-panel-show-decline-in-the-uk-mock-the-week-canceled/968975.md?page=3)