The Day Today (1994)
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Cast & Crew.
Chris Morris
Christopher Morris / Creator / Writer / Producer
Patrick Marber
Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan / Writer
Doon Mackichan
Collaterlie Sisters / Writer
Steve Coogan
Alan Partridge / Writer
Rebecca Front
Barbara Wintergreen / Writer
David Schneider
Sylvester Stuart / Writer
Armando Iannucci
Creator / Producer / Writer
Andrew Gillman
Director
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This TV Show Is About.
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The Day Today is a British comedy television show that parodies television news and current affairs programmes, broadcast from 19 January to 23 February 1994 on BBC2. It was created by Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris and is an adaptation of the radio programme On the Hour, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 9 August 1991 and 28 May 1992 and was also written by Morris, Iannucci, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring, David Quantick, and the cast. For The Day Today, Peter Baynham joined the writing team, and Lee and Herring were replaced by Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews. The principal cast of On the Hour was retained for The Day Today.
The Day Today is composed of six half-hour episodes and a selection of shorter five-minute slots recorded as promotional trailers for the longer episodes. The series won many awards including Morris winning the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. All six episodes are available on BBC DVD, having previously been issued on VHS.