The Mad Bad Ad Show
| The Mad Bad Ad Show | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Comedy panel game |
| Written by | Tim Allsop Matthew Crosby Gary Delaney Alistair Griggs Stewart Williams Giles Boden Aiden Spackman |
| Directed by | Richard Valentine Andrew Chaplin Lucy Forbes Geraldine Dowd |
| Presented by | Mark Dolan |
| Starring | Micky Flanagan Mark Watson |
| Voices of | Simon Greenall |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lee Hupfield Paul Gilheany Andrew Newman |
| Producer | Laura Clark |
| Production location | BBC Television Centre |
| Editors | Stuart Lutes Philip Lepherd Diane Bernhardt Sasha Thuillier |
| Running time | 50 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company | Objective Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 17 February – 13 April 2012 |
The Mad Bad Ad Show is a British comedy panel shown weekly on Channel 4[1] which is made by Objective Productions and hosted by Mark Dolan.
Format
The premise of the show is based around answering questions about and related to advertisements, with the two team captains, Mark Watson and Micky Flanagan, each also making an advertisement of their own for a fictitious product which they also have to invent.
The programme consists of two teams, each featuring, alongside the captains, one other comedian and one advertising professional.
Episode list
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
- – Indicates Micky's team won.
- – Indicates Mark's team won.
| Episode | First broadcast | Micky's team | Mark's team | Scores | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x01 | 17 February 2012 | Simon Chamberlain Holly Walsh |
Kate Stanners Joe Wilkinson |
8–2
|
Mark's team |
| 1x02 | 24 February 2012 | Matthew Crosby Nils Leonard |
Jason Manford Kate Stanners |
9–3
|
Mark's team |
| 1x03 | 2 March 2012 | Victor van Amerongen Miles Jupp |
Sean Lock Gail Parminter |
8–2
|
Mark's team |
| 1x04 | 30 March 2012 | Lorraine Kelly Rory Sutherland |
Peter Sells Josh Widdicombe |
9–4
|
Micky's team |
| 1x05 | 6 April 2012 | Rosie Arnold Rufus Hound |
Richard Exon Sara Pascoe |
9–4
|
Mark's team |
| 1x06 | 13 April 2012 | Rachel Riley Rory Sutherland |
Richard Exon Chris Ramsey |
8–6
|
Micky's team |
References
- ^ Knight, Madeleine (14 July 2011). "The Mad Bad Ad Show, coming soon to Channel 4". Channel4.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.