The Mash Report


The Mash Report is a British satirical comedy on BBC Two. It is hosted by Nish Kumar with an array of comedians satirising the week's news. First aired on 20 July 2017, it is a TV show spin-off of The Daily Mash, a satirical website. The first series comprised ten episodes. The second series, of six episodes, started airing on 26 October 2018. Series 3 consisting of 6 episodes began on 5 September 2019. The fourth series began on 3 April 2020, filmed by each featured comedian in isolation in their own homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

In March 2017 the BBC announced that it had commissioned a new entertainment/comedy satirical news show hosted by Nish Kumar.

Episodes

Harassment Lessons

One segment, in the first show of the second half of the first series, was watched online more than 11 million times in two days. It featured Rachel Parris mocking the idea that men are afraid to compliment women in case they are accused of sexual harassment, as a satirical comment on "pushback" against the #MeToo movement.

Reactions

regarded the series as a successful UK version of The Onion.
In 2018, BBC political presenter Andrew Neil described the series as "self-satisfied, self-adulatory, unchallenged left-wing propaganda. It's hardly balance. Could never happen on a politics show. Except this has become a politics show." He also called it a "pathetic imitation" of The Daily Show in the United States, describing its former host Jon Stewart as "left-wing but also intelligent".
The Telegraph wrote, "People are fond of trotting out clichés about current world events being “beyond parody” and “the jokes writing themselves”. But no, parody still has a place and jokes do need to be written. This sharp new show did it rather well and was the most promising satirical arrival on our screens in a long time."