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The Day Today

“The headlines tonight...”

199429m / epComedy

First aired

January 19, 1994

8.3

TMDB Score

83% match · 65 votes

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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.

About the Series

Comedy

Synopsis

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'.

CreatorsChris Morris, Armando Iannucci