The Day Today 1994
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'.
Episodes
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S1·E1 Main News AttackFeatures reports on Prince Charles volunteering to go to prison, the London Jam Festival, bullying in the Church of England, medieval alternative medicine, and a…
S1·E2 The Big ReportFeatures reports on the Junior Minister for health resigning, Marlon Brando being sold at auction in Sotheby's, illegal back street dentists, and Peter…
S1·E3 MeganewsFeatures 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…
S1·E4 StretchcastFeatures reports on suspicions that British police officers are eating their suspects, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan interviewing the government minister for ships regarding…
S1·E5 MagnifeventFeatures 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,…
S1·E6 FactgasmFeatures 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…Cast
M
Michael Alexander St John
Announcer (voice)
J
Jean Ainslie
Louisa Smams
P
Patience Tomlinson
G
Garry Roost
Mickey Doolan Irish Jockey at the Races
D
Darren Trendel
L
Lindsey MacRae
A
Alan Kerrigan
C
Crispin Somerville
Crispin
M
Margery Withers
C
Carl Forgione
C
Christopher Luscombe
F
Frederic Foederer
D
Daniel Gilmore
V
Virginia Bottomley
Self (archive footage)
P
Paul Boateng
Self
G
George Robertson
Self (archive footage)
J
Jimmy Knapp
Self (archive footage)
J
John MacGregor
Self (archive footage)
W
William Waldegrave
Self (archive footage)
J
John Patten
Self (archive footage)
J
Jean Barker
Self (archive footage)
J
Julian French
Dead Body (uncredited)
Crew
- Creator
- Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci
- Producers
- Peter Fincham, Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris
- Executive Producers
- Peter Fincham
- Editing
- David Fairhead, Steve Gandolfi
- Composer
- Jonathan Whitehead, Chris Morris
- Production Design
- Dennis De Groot
- Costume Design
- Lindsey McLean, Marcia Stanton
Details
- First air date
- Jan 19, 1994
- Last air date
- Feb 23, 1994
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode runtime
- 29 min
- Network
- BBC Two
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- TalkBack Productions, BBC
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
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