This summer, BBC Two welcomes back hit satirical quiz Mock The Week for its sixth series, on air for 12 weeks from Thursday 10 July 2008 at 9pm.

The show’s combination of stand-up, off-the-cuff games, performance rounds and topical discussion reaches a large and loyal following of passionate comedy fans and it’s as much a part of the British summer as sporting failure, lousy weather and reality TV.

There’s another England manager to assess, a London Mayor to laugh at and an American Presidential election to decide, all in 12 laughter-filled weeks.

Mock The Week continues to provide a testing comedy coliseum where both the newest stand-up talent and established performers can attempt to hold their own alongside an intimidating set of regulars.

Hosted, as ever, by the brilliantly witty Dara O’Briain, each show will again match hard-hitting Frankie Boyle and multi-skilled Hugh Dennis against Russell Howard’s and Andy Parsons’s mix of the lovably surreal and the politically incisive.

Since it began in 2005, Mock The Week has provided a platform for talents such as David Mitchell, Michael McIntyre and award-winning comedian and author Mark Watson, as well as the likes of Gina Yashere and John Oliver who have both gone on to great success in the US.

Seasoned performers have included Rory Bremner, Jo Brand, Clive Anderson, Jan Ravens and Al Murray.