List of Never Mind the Buzzcocks episodes


This is a list of episodes of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, the satirical music-based panel game. 272 regular episodes and nine clip shows were broadcast across 28 series; 281 episodes in total.
The show was originally chaired by Mark Lamarr, with Sean Hughes and Phill Jupitus as team captains and two guests on each team. Lamarr left after series 17 and series 18 was chaired by a series of guest hosts. One of these, satirical Popworld presenter Simon Amstell, took over as presenter from series 19. Amstell left after series 22 and the show was chaired by guests until the end of Series 27. For Series 28 the show was presented by Rhod Gilbert.
Bill Bailey replaced Sean Hughes from series 11. During series 21, Bailey was unable to attend filming and so Noel Fielding provided cover for three episodes. Bailey left permanently after this series and was replaced by guest captains until Fielding returned full-time in series 23. Professor Green replaced Fielding as team captain for one episode in series 26.
Phill Jupitus was unable to appear in one episode of series 25, the only episode of the show he did not appear in. His position on that occasion was taken by Frankie Boyle.
In June 2013, an eight-part clip show series aired under the name What a Load of Buzzcocks. Each episode focussed on a different year of the show and the musical stories from that year. Alex James of Blur narrated all episodes of the series.

Episode list

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
Guests are listed from the hosts' far right to far left. Numbers in square brackets after each list indicate that team's total score.

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Never Rewind the BuzzcocksEpisode released exclusive-to-video.

Series 5

Notes
No Episode Was Aired On 12 March 1999.

Series 6

Series 7

Series 8

Series 9

Series 10

Series 11

Series 12

Series 13

Series 14

Series 15

Series 16

Series 17

Series 18

Series 19

Series 20

Series 21

Series 22

Series 23

Series 24

Comic Relief special

Series 25

Children in Need special

Sport Relief special

Series 26

''What a Load of Buzzcocks''

Series 27

Series 28

Scores

Footnotes