Premiering on Friday 5 June 1992, David Baddiel from The Mary Whitehouse Experiencelaunched a full-frontal assault on the week’s news in this anarchic™ and subversive™ “topical discussion programme” with the help of serial plonker and current affairs reporter (and later the Conservative party’s traitor-in-chief) Michael Gove and journalist Tracey MacLeod.
Catherine Bennett – a feature writer on The Guardian – was originally cast but wisely thought better of it.
Like watching three sarcastic students shouting in an underground car park but filmed in front of a live studio audience, the dire late-night Channel 4 series was later recognised by co-host Tracey MacLeod as “easily the worst thing I’ve done in my career”.
As the presenters droned on and on about something terribly important before a studio audience slumbering nervously in a dark and brooding set, no doubt they thought they were at the cutting edge of satire at the time.
Presenters
David Baddiel
Michael Gove
Tracey MacLeod
Like watching three sarcastic students shouting in an underground car park but filmed in front of a live studio audience, the dire late-night Channel 4 series was later recognised by co-host Tracey MacLeod as “easily the worst thing I’ve done in my career”.
