The Day Today

TV Series

1994 min TMDB 8.2

EN 2 Seasons

Comedy

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'.

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TV Series

The Day Today

1994 min TMDB 8.2

EN 2 Seasons

Comedy

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'.

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1994-01-19

The Day Today

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Episodes

Episode 1: Pilot

Original pilot of the hit comedy.

1993-01-29 38min

Episode 2: Pilot (Post Programme Update)

A post-programme update from the 1993 pilot.

1993-01-29 5min

Episode 3: Mini News 1 (Main News Attack)

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

1994-01-18 3min

Episode 4: Mini News 2 (The Big Report)

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

1994-01-25 3min

Episode 5: The Pool

You ask anybody on the street what they think of Britain's public buildings any they'll probably loo...

1994-01-26 3min

Episode 6: Mini News 3 (Meganews)

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

1994-02-01 3min

Episode 7: Meganews (Bonus Visual Descriptions)

A hidden bonus on the DVD release. Switching to angle 2 during episode 3 unveils brief, intermitten...

2004-04-26 3min

Episode 8: Mini News 4 (Stretchcast)

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

1994-02-08 3min

Episode 9: Mini News 5 (Magnifievent)

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

1994-02-15 30min

Episode 10: Mini News 6 (Newsatrolysis a.k.a. Factgasm)

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

1994-02-22 3min

Episode 11: The Office - Journey Through Hell

Offices, we all know what they're like, but many are now undergoing radical restructuring through th...

1994-02-23 30min

Episode 12: State of the Union Address

A version of a State of the Union Address by George W. Bush, edited to make United States policy see...

2004-04-26 4min

Episode 13: Po-Faced Analysis

An Open University programme about news presentation which includes an analysis of how, and why, par...

1995-12-16 24min

Episode 14: The Mark Radcliffe Show

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

1994-01-17 21min

Episode 1

Episode 1: Main News Attack

Features reports on Prince Charles volunteering to go to prison, the London Jam Festival, bullying i...

1994-01-19 29min

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Big Report

Features reports on the Junior Minister for health resigning, Marlon Brando being sold at auction in...

1994-01-26 29min

Episode 3

Episode 3: Meganews

Features reports on an infestation of wild horses in the London underground, the BBC's new soap oper...

1994-02-02 29min

Episode 4

Episode 4: Stretchcast

Features reports on suspicions that British police officers are eating their suspects, Peter O'Hanra...

1994-02-09 29min 1.0

Episode 5

Episode 5: Magnifevent

Features reports on the British Pound being stolen, the plummeting ratings of The Bureau, the clampi...

1994-02-16 29min

Episode 6

Episode 6: Newsatrolysis a.k.a. Factgasm

Features reports on Buckingham Palace culling 40 members of staff, passengers stuck on a train in Ha...

1994-02-23 29min