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Anyone see this last night?

I started watching it and it`s immediately obvious that it`s very clever. The more i watched though the funnier it got. It`s so fast and quick, and so well written and performed. Absolutely brilliant.

It was ok. Its no `The Day Today` or `Saturday Night Armistice` but nothing is really.

Agreed. It`s not as biting as The Day Today, but it is amusing nonetheless.

In fact, the interview of the creators on the bbc website shows that that wasn`t what they were going for. In fact they came across as quite sympathetic to newsreaders.

I`m not too sure how much the novelty will wear off though. I`m sure that the sketches, for want of a better word, will get more and more farcical, whereas i quite like the bits that more realistic.

This item was edited on Tuesday, 1st November 2005, 11:26

It was fun and clever. I especially liked the news ticker-tape headlines and the changing sports details. But that said it is a bit of a one trick pony. No sure I want to sit through a whole series of it ?

Cracking toast, Gromit!

We were discussing `The Day today`........er...today...
Which came first,it or `Brass Eye` ?

Partridge was classic on whichever one of those he appeared.
Paraphrasing;

"Over to Alan Partridge in Paris...Alan,have you heard what the French minister had to say"
"Yes,I was talking with him this morning and he said he was happy with the way things were going"
"You spoke with him ? "
"Yes"
"But he only speaks French doesn`t he"
"...................yes"
"so what did he say"
"em..............Je...............ne..........bleeeeh "
"You don`t speak French do you Alan"
"...no"
"You didn`t speak to him at all did you"
"no"

:D

This item was edited on Wednesday, 2nd November 2005, 16:09

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We were discussing `The Day today`........er...today...Funny, the post title said `Broken News`.
Sorry Bowfer, I didn`t know it was a private discussion.

Cracking toast, Gromit!

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Funny, the post title said `Broken News`.
Sorry Bowfer, I didn`t know it was a private discussion.

PMT ?? :/

I meant we were discussing it in the office today.

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We were discussing `The Day today`........er...today...
Which came first,it or `Brass Eye` ?

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... aka Trip TV (UK)
#7 "The Day Today" (1994) TV Series (writer)

"On the Hour" preceeded "The Day Today" on radio.

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I meant we were discussing it in the office today.
Seeing what you have said, what you said makes sense, it just didn`t read that way without the explanation. love you too :)

Cracking toast, Gromit!

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Partridge was classic on whichever one of those he appeared.
Paraphrasing;

"Over to Alan Partridge in Paris...Alan,have you heard what the French minister had to say"
"Yes,I was talking with him this morning and he said he was happy with the way things were going"
"You spoke with him ? "
"Yes"
"But he only speaks French doesn`t he"
"...................yes"
"so what did he say"
"em..............Je...............ne..........bleeeeh "
"You don`t speak French do you Alan"
"...no"
"You didn`t speak to him at all did you"
"no"

that there is Chris Morris talking to Peter O`Hanarahanrahan!

still Day Today is a funny show.

Broken News wasnt too bad though, and It did get very funny towards the end, but I just found some of the stuff outside the main story `Tomato Flu` a bit pointless and rubbish,.


` i`m gonna fight em off
a seven nation army couldn`t hold me back`