The Mad Bad Ad Show is a British comedy panel show made by Objective Productions and hosted by Mark Dolan.[1] It aired for one season on Channel 4 in 2012.

The Mad Bad Ad Show
GenreComedy panel game
Written byTim Allsop
Matthew Crosby
Gary Delaney
Alistair Griggs
Stewart Williams
Giles Boden
Aiden Spackman
Directed byRichard Valentine
Andrew Chaplin
Lucy Forbes
Geraldine Dowd
Presented byMark Dolan
StarringMicky Flanagan
Mark Watson
Voices ofSimon Greenall
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersLee Hupfield
Paul Gilheany
Andrew Newman
ProducerLaura Clark
Production locationBBC Television Centre
EditorsStuart Lutes
Philip Lepherd
Diane Bernhardt
Sasha Thuillier
Running time50 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyObjective Productions
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release17 February (2012-02-17) –
13 April 2012 (2012-04-13)

Format

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The premise of the show is based around answering questions about and related to advertisements, with the two team captains, Mark Watson and Micky Flanagan, each also making an advertisement of their own for a fictitious product which they also have to invent.

The programme consists of two teams, each featuring, alongside the captains, one other comedian and one advertising professional.

Episode list

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The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

  – Indicates Micky's team won
  – Indicates Mark's team won
No. First broadcast Micky's team Mark's team Score Winner
1 17 February 2012 Simon Chamberlain
Holly Walsh
Kate Stanners
Joe Wilkinson
8–2 Mark's team
2 24 February 2012 Matthew Crosby
Nils Leonard
Jason Manford
Kate Stanners
9–3 Mark's team
3 2 March 2012 Victor van Amerongen
Miles Jupp
Sean Lock
Gail Parminter
8–2 Mark's team
4 30 March 2012 Lorraine Kelly
Rory Sutherland
Peter Sells
Josh Widdicombe
9–4 Micky's team
5 6 April 2012 Rosie Arnold
Rufus Hound
Richard Exon
Sara Pascoe
9–4 Mark's team
6 13 April 2012 Rachel Riley
Rory Sutherland
Richard Exon
Chris Ramsey
8–6 Micky's team

References

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  1. ^ Knight, Madeleine (14 July 2011). "The Mad Bad Ad Show, coming soon to Channel 4". Channel4.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
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