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Never Mind the Buzzcocks to return to television screens this year with new host Greg Davies

Pop culture panel show Never Mind the Buzzcocks is to return to television screens on Sky, six years after it was axed by the BBC.

An eight-part series and Christmas special of the former BBC comedy show will be hosted by comedian Greg Davies.

Noel Fielding will also return to the programme as a team captain, while This Country's Daisy May Cooper will head up the opposing team. Stand-up comedian and Hate Thy Neighbour host Jamali Maddix will feature as a regular guest on the Sky Originals programme, which will also be available on streaming service Now.

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The original BBC Two series was axed in 2015 after almost two decades on television, having first aired in 1996. The show had previously been hosted by Mark Lamarr, Simon Amstell and Rhod Gilbert, as well as a number of guests hosts including David Hasselhoff, Alice Cooper and Cilla Black.

As well as Fielding, previous team captains on the programme include Phil Jupitus, Strictly Come Dancing winner Bill Bailey and Sean Hughes, who sadly died in 2017.

The new series will air in the autumn and will be produced by Talkback, the company behind the previous series of the programme.

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