Late Night Mash

Dave scoop up the Mash Report format and leave it largely untouched - which is a double-edged sword really, although the Dave version feels a lot looser and a little bit more anarchic which is good but the transitions between bits still feel stiff, the news anchor set up never quite works and all-in-all it always feels over-rehearsed. There seems greater variety in the guests here though which is fantastic, getting in quality folk like the Turtle Canyon comedy crew, Olga Koch, a lot more Ahir Shah and the brilliantly droll Delightful Sausage. The facts only segments are weirdly great and some of their pre-recorded skits are by far and away the best stuff Mash has ever done.

It's still not essential satire though and with the loss of Nish and the gradual migration of some of the contributors into the greasy world of culture war grift comedy this mash is looking decidedly unpalatable and rudderless. A serious shame.

I was honestly surprised that Dave entered the political arena, especially with such an unfunny and contrived manor. There is a reason the BBC is losing so many viewers, and it looks like Dave is keen to follow.

There are a lot of ticked boxes but very few laughs.

It's a late night satirical show mocking current affairs and you can tell from some of the other reviews that they have found it provocative and therefore it's done its job.

They've had some great guests such as Ahir Shah, Geoff Norcott, Michael Spicer, Rosie Jones and plenty more besides.

The standout moment of this series for me was Rachel Parris segment on misogyny in episode 7. She did such a great job that it made many of the national news sites.

Very good if you like mocking the idiots trading the country. It'll really upset the right whingers though and that'll be reflected in the scores. Don't watch if you don't like a bit of truth.