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
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7 clips that prove Chris Morris's also a musical genius
Looking back at Morris's body of work, 20 years after the first episode of Brass Eye was broadcast on January 29, 1997, it's clear that few people have combined music and comedy quite as successfully. Whether he's creating strung-out ambient music for a short film about a talking dog or parodying Eminem to highlight the media hysteria surrounding paedophilia, Morris's use of music strikes the balance between creating black comedy and something that's actually listenable. Below are seven of his finest music moments - just be careful not to find yourself jazzing to the bleep tone of a life support machine.
Scott Wilson, Fact Mag, 29th January 2017Alan Partridge: still Jurassic Park after 25 years
I can't imagine ever not finding Alan Partridge funny.
Dan Burke, Cultured Vultures, 22nd February 2016The Day Today let the air out of TV news
The Day Today is also full of useless graphics. One bar chart meant to prop up a case against the police shows units of undefined "evidence" increasing over the years.
Brandon Nowalk, The AV Club, 26th November 2014The 53 greatest moments from The Day Today
Everything that happened in the 1994 spoof TV show has since come to pass.
Jim Waterson and Alan White, BuzzFeed, 7th March 2014Steve Coogan: 'Day Today-era Alan Partridge was crude'
Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci have explained how the character of Alan Partridge has evolved over the years.
Kate Goodacre, Digital Spy, 1st June 2012David Schneider: A Look Back at The Day Today
The Day Today revolutionised TV comedy and changed the way we watched the news forever. David Schneider reveals what it was like to be part of the phenomenon that brought us 'Uzi Lover', 'Kiddy Stare' and Alan Partridge.
Alex Godfrey, Sabotage Times, 12th April 2011First Impressions: The Day Today
It wouldn't work nearly as well if the pastiche wasn't so lovingly and expensively detailed. There's more here than parody.
Thomas Sutcliffe, The Independent, 5th December 2008