6 Episodes · Premiered February 17, 2012 · Ended March 23, 2012
The Mad Bad Ad Show is a studio based comedy entertainment series that lifts the lid off the advertising world.Hosted by Mark Dolan, the show aims to get behind all the perfect promos, publicity and puff that we have pushed in our faces every day and find out exactly how we, the public, are persuaded to buy, buy and buy.The show features two competing teams, led by the comedians Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson, each containing a leading advertising industry insider who provides a genuine insight into the mysterious and murky world of marketing.Going beyond the traditional question and answer games of the common or garden panel show, The Mad Bad Ad Show brings together an original mix of challenges, panel show banter and documentary insight. It involves classic adverts, funny adverts from overseas, and even adverts made especially by the teams for the show.
Mark Dolan hosts the new series while team captains Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson are joined by comedians Holly Walsh and Joe Wilkinson for the first show which is all about confectionery.
Mark Dolan hosts the new entertainment show while team captains Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson are joined by Jason Manford and Matthew Crosby and the ad theme of this show is smoking.
In the third show the ads are themed around toys, and Micky and Mark are joined by comedians Sean Lock and Miles Jupp.
Mark Dolan hosts the entertaiment series with team captains Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson. The ads are themed around public information films with Lorraine Kelly and Josh Widdicombe.
Mark Dolan hosts as team captains Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson are joined by Rufus Hound and Sarah Pascoe, and the ads are themed around beer.
Mark Dolan hosts as team captains Micky Flanagan and Mark Watson are joined by countdown co-host Rachel Riley and comedian Chris Ramsey for the final show where the ads are cereal themed.
