Dara O Briain - ProfilesArchive

About Me

All right, this is all new to me... This page was set-up on my behalf (In a kind of, unbeknownst to me, behind-my-back way, but for all the best reasons so it's cool...) and i've decided to take it over and see what i can put up here. Ideally, loads of funny clips, so that the Brits can get a taste of The Panel, and the Micks can get a flavour of Mock The week (without relying on BBC NI not putting it out at 2am). I'll also blog the live gigs, so you can get an idea of the people I'm meeting on the road and the weird shows i get to do. But mainly, I'll use it like everyone else does i.e. to plug the shit out of my own stuff. For example...Dara's upcoming DVD, "Dara O'Briain: Live at the Theatre Royal" is released on November 13th 2006, and is available for pre-order by clicking the picture below:

My Blog

Tough Gig - Or, the power of Elf ears...

Last tuesday night ITV broadcast "Dara O Briain's Tough Gig" in which I spent a weekend with the Live Action Role Players of Skullduggery in Canterbury. Some insider telly stuff: The total viewing fig...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:56:00 PST

And for the Irish...

Amidst all the news about Mock the Week (below) a quick mention about my first love, The Panel.The pre-election series is in full flow, and you'll have noticed that I haven't been there. A sort-of pr...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Wed, 16 May 2007 06:29:00 PST

Mock the Week is Back....

With remarkable timing, BBC 2's some loved topical panel show returns this summer, just in time to miss Tony Blair's handover of power.From July 12th, and for twelve whole weeks, we'll be returning wi...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Wed, 16 May 2007 06:18:00 PST

St. Patricks day is over! Thanks be to Fuck!

It's always a relief to get past March 17th. Always.Don't get me wrong. I like a weekend's boozing as much as the next man. (And in London we get the day itself, plus the nearest Sunday. It's a double...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

Yet another Mock the Week Special!

The BBC are proudly broadcasting one of our, by now legendary, bunged-together out of the scrag ends, Best-of/unseen bits/compilation shows of the last series.It's on, on Monday February 19th on BBC2 ...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:27:00 PST

Mrs. Gillian McKeith - her full medical title

My animosity towards La Keith is well chronicled, having now insulted her on Friday Night with Johnathan Ross, Des and Mel, The Panel and, (somethimg of which I'm deeply proud) put her into Room 101 (...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:21:00 PST

My real name - or That Chortle interview in full

last week I did an interview for the definitive british comedy website www. chortle.co.ukThey submitted the questions, I did the answers - here are the more interesting ones...Just how annoyed are you...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:50:00 PST

Yeovil - and an incredible offer

Offered almost entirely without comment, a letter that was sent to my agent after the gig in Yeovil a week ago. It was the last night of the tour and we arrived a little early and I went wandering to ...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:34:00 PST

Bristol - Or, Why you could be the perfect audience member

I love Bristol but a monday night in a rock auditorium would be no-one's idea of comedy gold. Sadly the city doesn't have a mid-sized theatre so we all bundled into the Colston hall, which is a rock v...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:42:00 PST

Kings Lynn - Or, Why the Azerbaijanis are crazy and bouncy

After a surprisingly good night's sleep in a grimsby hotel, we cross Lincolnshire, enter Norfolk and alight in the ancient market town of Kings Lynn..(Ah, travel writing. The final destination of many...
Posted by Dara O Briain on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:04:00 PST