I did mention that this was going to happen, but I also said that I would have some reservations unless certain criteria were met:
And look, if it is correct, then this is clearly great news, but… so much of the original MTW was good because of the regulars and especially Hugh Dennis and Dara O’Briain. Without them, you might as well just make a different show.
Well, things are suddenly looking up:
Yep. The “new” MTW presenter is: Dara O’Briain…
And, what’s more:
Joining Dara in the studio throughout the new series is a stellar line-up of top comedy talent, including Rhys James, Sara Pascoe, Angela Barnes, Ed Byrne, Ahir Shah, Milton Jones, Katherine Ryan, Hugh Dennis, Sarah Keyworth, Lou Sanders, Glenn Moore, Ellie Taylor and Russell Howard – with more names still to be announced.
This sounds almost too good to be true. In fact, it seems that the only big change they have made (aside from it not being on BBC2 anymore) is that the show will be 60 minutes long.
Will that work? 30 minutes always left me wanting more, but maybe that was a good thing.
I think that the proof of the pudding will be in watching the first few shows. And given that they are just a couple of weeks away, I’m pretty excited.