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The Day Today
1994 8.2 (59 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
BBC Two
Created By
Chris Morris
Armando Iannucci

The Day Today

The headlines tonight...

Overview

A spoof of the British news - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On The Hour'.

Key Crew

Writer: Chris Morris, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Armando Iannucci, Doon Mackichan, Patrick Marber, David Schneider

Producer: Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris, Peter Fincham

Director: Andrew Gillman

Top Cast

Chris Morris
Chris Morris

Christopher Morris

Patrick Marber
Patrick Marber

Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan

Doon Mackichan
Doon Mackichan

Collaterlie Sisters

Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan

Alan Partridge

Rebecca Front
Rebecca Front

Barbara Wintergreen

David Schneider
David Schneider

Sylvester Stuart

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (1993)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Pilot
1993-01-29

Original pilot of the hit comedy.

Runtime: 38 min
Episode 2: Pilot (Post Programme Update)
1993-01-29

A post-programme update from the 1993 pilot.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 3: Mini News 1 (Main News Attack)
1994-01-18

Mini-episode featuring original material which was broadcast the night before the original broadcast of "Main News Attack".

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 4: Mini News 2 (The Big Report)
1994-01-25

Mini-episode featuring original material which was broadcast the night before the original broadcast of "The Big Report".

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 5: The Pool
1994-01-26

You ask anybody on the street what they think of Britain's public buildings any they'll probably look at you and say "Well, they're a load of old rubbish". That's why The Day Today has commissioned a special fly-on-the-wall documentary series about every single one of them. Starting this week with St. Lambs pool, in Acton (Extended scene from episode 2).

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 6: Mini News 3 (Meganews)
1994-02-01

Mini-episode featuring original material which was broadcast the night before the original broadcast of "Meganews".

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 7: Meganews (Bonus Visual Descriptions)
2004-04-26

A hidden bonus on the DVD release. Switching to angle 2 during episode 3 unveils brief, intermittent visual descriptions of the episode delivered deadpan by Andy Hodgson and Jennifer Reinfrank.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 8: Mini News 4 (Stretchcast)
1994-02-08

Mini-episode featuring original material which was broadcast the night before the original broadcast of "Stretchcast".

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 9: Mini News 5 (Magnifievent)
1994-02-15

Mini-episode featuring original material which was broadcast the night before the original broadcast of "Magnifivent". Chris Morris and the Day Today Newsdancer run down the top ten news. This week's highest climber: Alan Partridge interviews a Russian tennis ace. And ain't it the funkiest newsiest mothersucker in the hood right now. Yo bro, dance me a full stop y'all… what…?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Mini News 6 (Newsatrolysis a.k.a. Factgasm)
1994-02-22

Mini-episode featuring original material which was broadcast the night before the original broadcast of "Newsatrolysis a.k.a. Factgasm".

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 11: The Office - Journey Through Hell
1994-02-23

Offices, we all know what they're like, but many are now undergoing radical restructuring through the work of Lester Beck of Events International (Extended scene from episode 6).

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: State of the Union Address
2004-04-26

A version of a State of the Union Address by George W. Bush, edited to make United States policy seem insanely belligerent. This extra is hidden in the "Mini News" DVD menu on the second disc and can be found by navigating up when episode 4 is selected to reveal a hidden menu option.

Runtime: 4 min
Episode 13: Po-Faced Analysis
1995-12-16

An Open University programme about news presentation which includes an analysis of how, and why, parodies such as The Day Today work.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 14: The Mark Radcliffe Show
1994-01-17

Interview with Steve Coogan. BBC Radio 1 FM 17th January 1994.

Runtime: 21 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1994)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Main News Attack
1994-01-19

Features reports on Prince Charles volunteering to go to prison, the London Jam Festival, bullying in the Church of England, medieval alternative medicine, and a sheepdog piloting an out of control helicopter. Also features Barbara Wintergreen's report on the Elvis styled execution of American serial killer Chapman Baxter, and Alan Partridge covering the Tour de France and Boxing.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 2: The Big Report
1994-01-26

Features reports on the Junior Minister for health resigning, Marlon Brando being sold at auction in Sotheby's, illegal back street dentists, and Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan reporting on the new European trade quota rates. Also features The Pool, a documentary set in a public swimming pool, a segment from RokTV, and Alan Partridge covering the horse racing at Marple.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 3: Meganews
1994-02-02

Features reports on an infestation of wild horses in the London underground, the BBC's new soap opera The Bureau (replacing the Nine O'Clock News), a fight between Queen Elizabeth and John Major, and an air jam. Also features Barbara Wintergreen's report on Chapman Baxter being executed via marriage, a continuation of The Pool, and Alan Partridge interviewing soccer players and a female show jumper.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 4: Stretchcast
1994-02-09

Features reports on suspicions that British police officers are eating their suspects, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan interviewing the government minister for ships regarding recent accusations, the IRA's use of explosives hidden in dogs, the immense popularity of The Bureau in Italy, the Home Office releasing the Sorted videos aimed at young people, and near-death experiences. Also features Barbara Wintergreen reporting on the natus (a method of prosthetic pregnancy), and Alan Partridge's Countdown to World Cup '94.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 5: Magnifevent
1994-02-16

Features reports on the British Pound being stolen, the plummeting ratings of The Bureau, the clamping of the homeless in London, a reminiscence of events in 1944, government ministers contracting a disease that inhibits reading, and the trade agreement and subsequent war between Australia and Hong Kong. Also features Barbara Wintergreen reporting on Chapman Baxter being executed by the reanimated corpse of his last victim, and Alan Partridge riding with a female rally driver.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 6: Newsatrolysis a.k.a. Factgasm
1994-02-23

Features reports on Buckingham Palace culling 40 members of staff, passengers stuck on a train in Hampshire, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan reporting on General Motors making 35000 workers redundant, Colin Poppshed reporting from the gay desk, the decline of the NHS, and a roundup of international news. Also features a documentury set at the office of a pharmaceutical company, and Alan Partridge covering self-defence.

Runtime: 29 min

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