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The Day Today

The Day Today

  • TV sketch show
  • BBC Two
  • 1994
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Following on from Radio 4's On The Hour, The Day Today is a biting satirical swipe at television news in the early 1990s. Stars Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Doon Mackichan, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and David Schneider

Great scenes

War!

Chris Morris overblows a story about a trade, resulting in a war in Eastmanstown in the Upper Cataracts on the Australio-Hong-Kong border. He and his team of reports are first on the scene of reporting the war that he started.

IRA Dogs

The Day Today report about the IRA using dogs inside bombs to commit terrorist attacks in major British cities. During the report there is an interview with a member of Sinn Féin who must breathe helium in order to detract credibility.

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