Comedy quiz show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, is to return to Sky Max and NOW for a fourth series later this year.

Produced by Fremantle’s Talkback, the music-themed quiz will see actor and comedian Greg Davies back at the helm as host with returning team captain, Noel Fielding and regular panelist, Jamali Maddix.

Comedian, actor and writer, Sophie Willan, will sit in as opposing team captain for a handful of shows, with Daisy May Cooper returning for the Christmas Special.

The other episodes will consist of four themed special shows as “Buzzcocks Does…” the Nineties, Noughties, Rock and ‘Girl & Boy Bands’ with special musical guest Team Captains for each of the four episodes.

Mel B will feature in the Nineties episode, The Gossip’s Beth Ditto the Noughties, Courtney Love for the Rock episode and Perrie will join for “Buzzcocks Does… Girl & Boy Bands.”

Of the new series, host Greg Davies said: “I am genuinely thrilled to be returning to the mayhem of Buzzcocks but realistically who reads these press quotes and why? Watch the show please and in-between episodes get out into the air, talk to your partner, read to your children. Live, for god’s sake live.”

Director of Sky Arts and Entertainment for Sky, Phil Edgar-Jones said: “It’s the starriest line-up you could hope for this year on Buzzcocks with something to satisfy every musical taste from the 90s through the noughties via boy and girl bands right to the present day. Throw in a healthy dose of unpredictability and mad comedy and you’d got the perfect fourth album.”

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is produced by Talkback (a Fremantle label) and Executive Produced by Director of Programmes, Kate Edmunds, MD, Jonno Richards and Jordan Read. The series was commissioned by Zai Bennett, Managing Director of Content at Sky and Phil Edgar Jones, Director of Sky Arts and Entertainment at Sky. Shirley Jones is the Commissioning Editor.

Fremantle has international production and distribution rights to the Never Mind the Buzzcocks format.

 

Jon Creamer

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