List of Never Mind the Buzzcocks episodes


This is a list of episodes of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, a satirical music-based panel game.
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 following 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 following 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 following 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. Jupitus was unable to appear in one episode of series 25, the only episode of the show's original run he did not appear in. 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.
The show continued on Sky Max from 2021 onwards, hosted by Greg Davies, with Noel Fielding and Daisy May Cooper as captains, and Jamali Maddix as a regular team member. For the fourth and fifth Sky series, Cooper is no longer team captain, with Sophie Willan being team captain in half of the episodes instead. Sky started numbering the series from 1 again.

Episodes

Guests are listed from the hosts' far right to far left. Guests who are best known as part of a musical group have the group after their name in brackets. Numbers in square brackets after each list indicate that team's total score. The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

Series 7 (2000)

Series 15 (2004)

Series 23 (2009)

Series 27 (2013)

Series 29 — Sky series 1 (2021)

This was the first series of the show's revival on Sky Max.

Series 30 — Sky series 2 (2022)

Jamali was moved to Noel's team for every episode.

Series 32 — Sky series 4 (2024)

Daisy May Cooper did not appear in any episode except for the Christmas special; she was replaced by Sophie Willan as team captain in five of the episodes. The other four episodes had a theme, with guest captains taking Willan's place.

Series 33 — Sky series 5 (2025)

The fifth Sky season followed a similar format to the fourth, with Sophie Willan as team captain in five of the episodes and three having themes, with guest captains.