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The Day Today

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199429m / epComedy

First aired

January 19, 1994

8.3

TMDB Score

83% match · 65 votes

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Factgasm

Feb 23, 1994 · 29m

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.

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