Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube
    Nostalgia Central
    • Home
    • Blog
      • Lists
    • Television
      • TV by Decade
        • TV – 1950s
        • TV – 1960s
        • TV – 1970s
        • TV – 1980s
        • TV – 1990s
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Kids TV
      • Variety
      • News & Sport
      • Advertisements
    • Music
      • Music by Decade
        • Music – 1950s
        • Music – 1960s
        • Music – 1970s
        • Music – 1980s
        • Music – 1990s
      • Artists – A to K
        • Artists – A
        • Artists – B
        • Artists – C
        • Artists – D
        • Artists – E
        • Artists – F
        • Artists – G
        • Artists – H
        • Artists – I
        • Artists – J
        • Artists – K
      • Artists – L to Z
        • Artists – L
        • Artists – M
        • Artists – N
        • Artists – O
        • Artists – P
        • Artists – Q
        • Artists – R
        • Artists – S
        • Artists – T
        • Artists – U
        • Artists – V
        • Artists – W
        • Artists – X
        • Artists – Y
        • Artists – Z
      • Artists – 0 to 9
      • Genres
      • Music on Film & TV
      • One-Hit Wonders
      • Playlists
      • Online Radio
    • Movies
      • Movies by Decade
        • Movies – 1950s
        • Movies – 1960s
        • Movies – 1970s
        • Movies – 1980s
        • Movies – 1990s
      • Movies – 0 to 9
      • Movies – A to K
        • Movies – A
        • Movies – B
        • Movies – C
        • Movies – D
        • Movies – E
        • Movies – F
        • Movies – G
        • Movies – H
        • Movies – I
        • Movies – J
        • Movies – K
      • Movies – L to Z
        • Movies – L
        • Movies – M
        • Movies – N
        • Movies – O
        • Movies – P
        • Movies – Q
        • Movies – R
        • Movies – S
        • Movies – T
        • Movies – U
        • Movies – V
        • Movies – W
        • Movies – X
        • Movies – Y
        • Movies – Z
    • Pop Culture
      • Fads
      • Toys & Games
      • Fashion
      • Decor
      • Food & Drink
      • People
      • Technology
      • Transport
    • Social History
      • 1950s Year by Year
      • 1960s Year by Year
      • 1970s Year by Year
      • 1980s Year by Year
      • 1990s Year by Year
      • Events
    Nostalgia Central
    Home»Television»Comedy
    Comedy TV Shows - 1990s 2 Mins Read

    The Day Today

    Share
    Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email

    1 9 9 4 (UK)
    6 x 30 minute episodes

    Based on the BBC radio show On The Hour (1991), The Day Today brought a visual dimension to TV news satire, similar to Drop The Dead Donkey but with a stronger political desire to expose media manipulation and the degrading of newscasting standards.

    The wincingly accurate news parody aired for just six episodes in 1994 but became hugely influential – both on comedy and current affairs coverage.

    Steve Coogan, who played ignorant and inept Pringle-clad sportscaster Alan Partridge, found the show a boost to his already rising showbiz fortunes, later basking in Knowing Me Knowing You . . . With Alan Partridge (1994) and I’m Alan Partridge (1997).

    Other featured characters included decapitated weatherman Sylvester Stuart (David Schneider); economics correspondent Peter O’Hanrahanrahan (Patrick Marber) – who was bullied into admitting his own ignorance on air by Chris Morris’ anchor; business affairs reporter Collaterlie Sisters (Doon Mackichan), whose nonsensical business news was delivered with intense conviction; and aggressively-eyebrowed American correspondent Barbara Wintergreen (Rebecca Front), whose gruesome reports satirised the prurience of local news in the US.

    Front also played travel commentator Valerie Sinatra (“The M50 is clogged up again – that’s not my fault”).

    Morris appeared under his own name as the argumentative Jeremy Paxman-like anchorman who took the viewers through a succession of absurd invented news items. Best of all was an interview in which Morris manufactured a war between Britain and Australia, which the programme’s reporters then exploited with relish.

    The episode ended with a fake advertisement for a gloriously tasteless video, offering highlights of the war with a soundtrack of pop classics including You Really Got Me over images of the dead and wounded and Disco Inferno over shots of burning buildings.

    Christopher Morris
    Christopher Morris
    Peter O’Hanrahanrahan
    Patrick Marber
    Barbara Wintergreen
    Rebecca Front
    Alan Partridge
    Steve Coogan
    Chapman Baxter
    Patrick Marber
    Collaterlie Sisters
    Doon Mackichan
    Sylvester Stuart
    David Schneider
    Louisa Smams
    Jean Ainslie
    Martin Craste
    Andrew Burt
    Bob Mariner
    Alan Stocks
    Hellwyn Ballard
    Armando Iannucci
    Colin Poppshed
    Peter Baynham
    Lally Sampson
    Minnie Driver
    Chanticlier Guardsley
    Ian Gelder

    Video

    Related Posts

    • Brass Eye
      Brass Eye
      1 9 9 7 - 2 0 0 1 (UK) The greatest satire is vicious and no show was as cruel…
    • Who Dares, Wins
      Who Dares, Wins
      1 9 8 3 - 1 9 8 8 (UK) 22 x 45 minute episodes 9 x 60 minute episodes This…
    • A Current Affair
      A Current Affair
      1 9 7 1 - 1 9 7 8 (Australia) 1 9 8 8 - current (Australia) An Australian magazine…
    • I'm Alan Partridge
      I'm Alan Partridge
      1 9 9 7 - 2 0 0 2 (UK) 13 x 30 minute episodes Fallen TV chat show host Alan…
    • Have I Got News For You
      Have I Got News For You
      1 9 9 0 - Current (UK) This political quiz show features two teams of two (captained by Private Eye editor Ian…
    • Not Necessarily The News
      Not Necessarily The News
      1 9 8 2 - 1 9 9 0 (USA) 72 x 30 minute episodes This American version of the British…
    • Faith Brown Chat Show, The
      Faith Brown Chat Show, The
      1 9 8 0 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes In The Faith Brown Chat Show (from London Weekend Television) the busty star…
    • Lance at Large
      Lance at Large
      1 9 6 4 (UK) 6 x 25 minute episodes Alan Day (Lance Percival) was an ordinary chap who started out…

    Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Reddit Email
    Previous ArticleDay Of The Triffids, The
    Next Article Knowing Me Knowing You . . . With Alan Partridge

    Comments are closed.

    Follow us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    You May Also Like
    • It’s All Over Town (1963)
      Richard Abel (Lance Percival), a stagehand at the London […]
    • One Happy Family
      1 9 6 1 (USA) 15 x 30 minute episodes “They reside with […]
    • Monty Python’s Flying Circus
      1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 4 (UK) 45 x 30 minute episodes From their […]
    • Angel Unchained (1970)
      Don Stroud plays Angel, a biker who tires of gang life and […]
    • Josie and the Pussycats
      1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 2 (USA) 16 x 30 minute episodes […]
    • New Adventures of Superman, The
      1 9 6 6 – 1 9 6 8 (USA) 34 x 30 minute episodes Just in […]
    Twitter Feed
    Please note


    Nostalgia Central covers the period 1950 to 1999 and contains some words and references which reflect the attitudes of those times and which may be considered culturally sensitive, offensive or inappropriate today.
    Popular Tags
    1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 Action Figures Amicus Arcade games Australia Beach movies Beatles Blaxploitation Board games Britpop Canada Crime Disco Disney Doo-Wop Elvis Presley Girl groups Glam Goth Hammer Heavy Metal Irwin Allen Labels Merseybeat Mod revival Motown New Romantic New Wave NWOBHM Oi! One-hit wonders Power Pop Pub rock Punk Radio Scotland Ska Soul music Surf music
    Search Nostalgia Central
    Copyright © 1998, 2022 Nostalgia Central
    • About
    • Contact
    • FAQ

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.