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The Day Today
83% Match1994–1 Season8.3
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'.
Starring Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan
By Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci
Episodes
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- 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 29m
- 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 O'Hanrah29m
- 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 betw29m
- StretchcastFeatures reports on suspicions that British police officers are eating their suspects, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan interviewing the government minister for ships r29m
- 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 1929m
- FactgasmFeatures reports on Buckingham Palace culling 40 members of staff, passengers stuck on a train in Hampshire, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan reporting on General Motor29m
About The Day Today
Creator
Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci
Cast
Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan
Genres
Comedy
Maturity rating
–
Score 8.3 • 1994 • TV Series
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