Greg Davies is back for the 34th series of Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Noel Fielding and Jamali Maddix are returning too, keeping the show’s current core in place as the sixth Sky series moves into recording next month.
The filming window is set for 5th and 7th October at Wood Lane in London. Free tickets for the recording are available via Lost in TV, which makes this a live production event as much as a scheduling note.
Wood Lane in London
The new run again uses special themed episodes and guest captains, a format the show began using in 2024. That keeps the series in a flexible panel-show model, with each episode built around a different guest mix rather than a fixed weekly roster.
A Taskmaster Season 22 release date update sits alongside the same broader TV calendar, but this return is more immediate for the panel-show slot: the recording dates are already set, and the new episodes will be captured before October ends.
Sophie Willan and Daisy May Cooper
Sophie Willan and Daisy May Cooper, who were recent regulars, are absent from the new series. Cooper took time off after the birth of her third child in 2024 and was replaced by Willan, while Willan gave birth to her first child last year.
That leaves Greg Davies, Noel Fielding and Jamali Maddix as the returning names carrying the next run, with the guest captain format doing the rest of the rotating work. Mel B, Courtney Love, Perrie Edwards, Beth Ditto, Pepsi & Shirlie, Melanie Blatt and Bez have all appeared among the captains already, which tells you the production is still leaning on recognisable one-off bookings rather than fixed panel stability.
34th series, sixth Sky series
The 34th series and sixth Sky series make this a long-running property still being adjusted rather than left on autopilot. The practical takeaway for viewers is simple: the return is already in motion, the dates are locked in, and the cast turnover from the last run is part of the design rather than a glitch.
For readers planning to attend, the useful step is to secure the free tickets while the recording slots remain open. For everyone else, the shape of the new run is already clear: Davies, Fielding and Maddix are back, the themed specials stay, and the absence of Willan and Cooper changes the chemistry before the first episode is even cut.
