Not the Nine O'Clock News is a television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC 2 from 1979 to 1982.
Originally shown as a comedy "alternative" to the BBC Nine O'Clock News on BBC 1, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos and spoof television formats. The series featured Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, as well...
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Not the Nine O'Clock News is a television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC 2 from 1979 to 1982.
Originally shown as a comedy "alternative" to the BBC Nine O'Clock News on BBC 1, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos and spoof television formats. The series featured Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, as well as Chris Langham in the first series. Rather than being written by a single team of writers, it gave anyone in UK comedy scriptwriting a chance. Its format was similar to Monty Python's Flying Circus, including sketches that lasted from a few seconds to several minutes.
The series launched the careers of several high-profile actors and writers, and also led to other comedy series such as Blackadder and Alas Smith and Jones.
Not the Nine O'Clock News was produced by John Lloyd. Lloyd pitched the idea to the heads of BBC Comedy and Light...
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