The Day Today - Season 1 - Eps 5: Magnifevent

Name: Eps 5: Magnifevent
Released: 1994-02-16
Rating: 4.1

1994-02-16 • 29 min • ⭐ 8.2/10

Features reports on the British Pound being stolen, the plummeting ratings of The Bureau, the clamping of the homeless in London, a reminiscence of events in 1944, government ministers contracting a disease that inhibits reading, and the trade agreement and subsequent war between Australia and Hong Kong. Also features Barbara Wintergreen reporting on Chapman Baxter being executed by the reanimated corpse of his last victim, and Alan Partridge riding with a female rally driver.

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About The Day Today

Title: The Day Today

First Air Date: 1994-01-19

Last Air Date: 1994-02-23

Status: Ended

Rating: 8.2/10 (from 61 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 6

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Comedy

Production Companies: TalkBack Productions, BBC

Synopsis

A spoof of the British news - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On The Hour'.