On The Hour

Radio news satire presented by Chris Morris which was renowned for its savage dissection of news and current affairs programming and presentation

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.

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Production Details

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 25th November 2018 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