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As of 30 August 2023, 309 episodes of Never Mind the Buzzcocks have aired, concluding the thirty-first series. The show was originally chaired by Mark Lamarr, with Sean Hughes and Phill Jupitus as team captains and two guests on each team.
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- Lemmy walks off the set. The Ordinary Boys‘ Preston wasn’t the first Buzzcocks guest to storm off the show (more on that later). The Motörhead titan walked off in 1998 after taking umbrage at original host Mark Lamarr’s attitude towards Bucks Fizz (a band he deemed “very like Oasis”) member Jay Aston in the Identity Parade round.
- Lorraine Kelly spanks Noel Fielding. When the daytime doyenne guest-hosted in 2011 she spanked “naughty” team captain Noel Fielding (with a force that suggested somebody had mentioned Esther McVey to her), waxed Phill Jupitus’ legs and suffered a bra-related wardrobe malfunction.
- Davina McCall embarrasses Simon Amstell. Guest team captain Davina McCall turned the tables on host Simon by unearthing archive footage of him as a gawky 12-year old appearing on daytime TV in a bow-tie impersonating Dame Edna Everage.
- Simon Amstell, dressed as a rabbit. Simon developed a reputation for having a machete-mouth, so the conceit of this 2008 episode was that it was repackaged as a family-friendly program with him dressed as a fwuffy bunny.
Bill Bailey is known for his sharp wit and classic sense of humor. he is most famous for being in Never Mind The Buzzcocks, celebrity game-show in which he is a team captain. Bill is a stand up comedian, and has also starred in cult comedies such as Spaced and of course Black Books.
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a British comedy panel game show with a pop music theme. It has aired on Sky Max since September 2021, having originally aired between November 1996 and January 2015 on BBC Two.
- Slash gets his own lyrics wrong. The final round, Next Lines, always saw the teams charged with reciting lyrics from a well-known song after being supplied the preceding line – and the hosts often liked tormenting guests by using their own songs.
- Intros round – with a twist. Perhaps the most iconic Buzzcocks round of all was the famous intros round, which saw two team members provide a cappella renditions of famous hits for their teammate to guess.
- Everything Morrissey hates. Morrissey is hardly known as being the most cheerful figure in the world – and Mark Lamarr had great fun poking fun at the The Smiths frontman's supposed list of hates, which included not only Elton John and George Michael, but also Branston Pickle, the phrase "Mr.
- Everything with Donnie Tourette. There were many unruly guests during Simon Amstell's tenure as host, but few quite as memorable as Towers of London punk rocker Donnie Tourette.
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Oct 27, 2021 · A guide listing the guests AND air dates for episodes of the TV series Never Mind the Buzzcocks (UK : 1996).
