The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News (2006)
3h 17m
Running Time
February 28, 2006Release Date
The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News (2006)
3h 17m
Running Time
February 28, 2006Release Date
Plot.
Attention, comedy fans: NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is the real thing. This is scathing, no-holds-barred Brit humor at its best. Rapid-fire skits starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) are as politically incorrect as they are side-bustingly funny, sparing no one as they take on the British Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher, Scotland Yard, country music, Christianity, devil worship, punk rock and bathroom etiquette. NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is so irreverent that when the pilot was due to air in April 1979, the BBC cancelled it due to its incendiary political content. When at last it aired, the greatest comedy group to hit England since Monty Python's Flying Circus stormed the airwaves and revolutionized British and American television alike. Discover the show that set the standard for the anarchic cynicism that defined the alternative comedy of the 80's.
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Cast & Crew.
Rowan Atkinson
Various Roles / Various
Mel Smith
Various Roles
Pamela Stephenson
Various Roles
Griff Rhys Jones
Various Roles
Chris Langham
Various Roles / Various
John Cleese
Self / Basil Fawlty / Self - Celebrity
John Alford
Shane Edmonds / The 'Not' team's son
Willoughby Goddard
Stout Man in Non Diet Pepsi Commercial / Various / Various Roles
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This Movie Is About.
sketch comedy
Wiki.
Not the Nine O'Clock News is a British television sketch comedy show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982. Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the Nine O'Clock News on BBC1, it features satirical sketches on then-current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The programme features Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones, as well as Chris Langham in the first series.