Dara Ó Briain is keeping his spirits up despite Mock The Week being axed from BBC. The comedy panel show was scrapped after nearly two decades earlier this month, with the Irish presenter – sarcastically saying at the time that the ‘UK has finally run out of news’. ‘The storylines were getting crazier and crazier – global pandemics, divorce from Europe, novelty short-term prime ministers,’ he said in his announcement. ‘It couldn’t go on. ‘And so, regretfully, we are closing the doors on Dara and Hugh’s Academy for Baby Comedians. ’He thanked the guests who have appeared on the show over the years, many of whom were rocketed to national fame, and branded the last 17 years ‘a joy’.
Following the show’s axe and after he fronted over 200 episodes, Dara’s name has been in the mix for a number of jobs, including the presenter of University Challenge.
Jeremy Paxman recently announced that he was stepping down from the much-loved quiz show after sitting in the driver’s seat since 1994, leaving fans to speculate over who will take his place – with both Dara and former Pointless star Richard Osman’s names floating around.
But, Dara is taking the speculation with a pinch of salt, after Amol Rajan was confirmed as Paxman’s replacement. ‘Dara, you were in the news this week.
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