- Genre
- Sketch Show
- Broadcast
- 1991 - 1992
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 12 (2 series)
- Starring
- Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, Patrick Marber and David Schneider
- Writers
- Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee, David Quantick and Steven Wells
- Producers
- Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris
On The Hour is BBC Radio 4's most important news programme. Presented by Christopher Morris, On The Hour covers all of the important stories such as, "Glass-faced man too disgusting for trial!", "International string measurements agreed!" and "More oxygen needed says France!"
Supporting Morris are a range of fearless correspondents, including vapid US reporter Barbara Wintergreen; environmental reporter Rosy May; religious commentator Monsignor Treeb-Lopez, the terribly incompetent Peter O'Hanraha-Hanrahan; Radio 1 DJ Wayne Carr; and the monstrous face of sport, Alan Partridge.
- Tagline
- The News As It Happens, If It Happens
- Production company
- Soundtrack
- Music written and performed by Chris Morris and Jonathan Whitehead.
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Friday 9th August 1991 on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 28th May 1992 on BBC Radio 4 at 6:30pm
- Last repeat
- Sunday 17th October 2021 at 11:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
Website links
- BBC Comedy Guide
A guide from the BBC covering the series. - Cook'd And Bomb'd
A Chris Morris fansite which includes recordings of all the episodes. - On The Hour Website
A website covering On the Hour created to promote the CDs you can now buy. - MySpace Page
A page on MySpace for fans of the show. - Wikipedia