'Buzzcocks' to return with new lineup

WENN

The BBC has announced that Never Mind The Buzzcocks will return this autumn with a brand new lineup.

Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding joins Phill Jupitus on the show as a team captain, while the series will be presented by guest hosts David Walliams, Alex James, Dermot O'Leary, Jack Whitehall, Rhod Gilbert, Frank Skinner, Mark Watson and James Corden.

"I am so excited about Buzzcocks. I am leaping across the Camden rooftops dressed as a small white kitten," Fielding said.

Executive editor Katie Taylor added: "It's great to welcome so many comics and top musicians, many who have proven themselves as Buzzcocks panellists in the past, to the host hot seat.

"Noel Fielding will bring his eclectic music taste and surrealist humour, while Phill, having been there since day one, now takes the title of the elder statesman of the show."

It was reported earlier that Simon Amstell had decided to move on from his role as presenter on the gameshow.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks returns on Tuesday, September 29 to BBC Two.