• 1994
The Day Today

Summary A spoof of the British style of news broadcasting - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. View more details

  • 1994

The Day Today

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Steve Coogan Christopher Morris Rebecca Front Patrick Marber

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8.6

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Genres : Comedy

Release date : Jan 18, 1994

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Production companies : TalkBack Productions Framestore CFC

Summary A spoof of the British style of news broadcasting - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. View more details

Details

Genres : Comedy

Release date : Jan 18, 1994

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Production companies : TalkBack Productions Framestore CFC

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Episodes

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Dec 31, 1969
Pilot
The never broadcast pilot of The Day Today (1994).
Episode 1 • Jan 18, 1994
The First
Features reports on Prince Charles volunteering to go to prison, the London Jam Festival, bullying in the Church of England, medieval alternative medicine, and a sheepdog piloting an out of control helicopter. Also features Barbara Wintergreen's report on the Elvis styled execution of U.S. serial killer Chapman Baxter, and Alan Partridge covering the Tour de France and Boxing.
Episode 2 • Jan 25, 1994
Big Report
Features reports on the Junior Minister for Health resigning, Marlon Brando being sold at auction in Sotheby's, illegal back street dentists, and Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan reporting on the new European trade quota rates. Also features The Pool, a documentary set in a public swimming pool, a segment from RokTV, and Alan Partridge covering the horse racing at Marple.
Episode 3 • Feb 01, 1994
Meganews
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.
Episode 4 • Feb 08, 1994
Stretchcast
Features reports on suspicions that British police officers are eating their suspects, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan interviewing the government minister for ships regarding recent accusations, the I.R.A.'s use of explosives hidden in dogs, the immense popularity of The Bureau in Italy, the Home Office releasing the Sorted videos aimed at young people, and near-death experiences. Also features Barbara Wintergreen reporting on the natus (a method of prosthetic pregnancy), and Alan Partridge's Countdown to World Cup '94.
Episode 5 • Feb 15, 1994
News
Features 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, government ministers contracting a disease that inhibits reading, and the trade agreement and subsequent war between Australia and Hong Kong. Also features Barbara Wintergreen reporting on Chapman Baxter being executed by the reanimated corpse of his last victim, and Alan Partridge riding with a female rally driver.
Episode 6 • Feb 22, 1994
Factgasm
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 35,000 workers redundant, Colin Poppshed reporting from the gay desk, the decline of the N.H.S., and a roundup of international news. Also features a documentary set at the office of a pharmaceutical company, and Alan Partridge covering self-defence.
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