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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. [1] [2] 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 The Day Today (TV Series 1994) Patrick Marber as Chapman Baxter, Jaques-'Jaques' Liverot, Guy - The Bureau, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan, Dônnnald Bethl'hem, Peter Litterton, Camfam Father, Condublasney Piper - Hanging From Studio B12 Presenter, Dr Mortimer Marcus, Iggy Pop Barker, Jacque-'Jacques' Livarot, Lester Beck, Moscow Reporter, Not Cool Guy, Stan, Swimming Pool Attendant, Undercover The Day Today: With Christopher Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front. A spoof of the British style of news broadcasting - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. The Day Today (1994) Full Cast & Crew. See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Series Directed by . Andrew Gillman Patrick Marber (written by) (7 episodes The Day Today was the programme that - under writer/producer Armando Iannucci - launched the talents of Patrick Marber, Doon Mackichan, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front and, of course, Chris Morris Patrick Marber weighs in with some delightful lines as a smarmy swimming attendant before we meet my favourite Coogan character outside of Partridge, the pool’s night supervisor. What begins as a relatively innocuous and very personal interview takes a far darker turn as he tells a story of the pool’s safety record under his watch, with his 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 Other featured characters included decapitated weatherman Sylvester Stuart (David Schneider); economics correspondent Peter O’Hanrahanrahan (Patrick Marber) – who was bullied into admitting his own ignorance on air by Chris Morris’ anchor; business affairs reporter Collaterlie Sisters (Doon Mackichan), whose nonsensical business news was The Day Today was a satirical news show that also took aim at popular television formats of the day, like Crimewatch, 999 and MTV. It was created by Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci and was a continuation of their radio satire show, On the Hour. The radio show featured a stellar cast – including Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan The Day Today (1994) ← Back to main. Series Cast 11. Chris Morris. Christopher Morris (6 Episodes) Patrick Marber. Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (6 Episodes) Doon Mackichan. Marber reunited with the Knowing Me, Knowing You team in 2003 to record commentaries for the DVD release of the show. He also contributed some new in-character audio material to the DVD release of The Day Today in 2004. He co-writes Bunk Bed for BBC Radio 4, which he created with Peter Curran. Alan Partridge (my first introduction to this popular character) is the sports presenter who hasn't a clue how to commentate or appeal to his audience, Peter O'Hanarha-hanrahan is the dunderhead foreign correspondent, Colaterie Sisters does the business news and Valerie Sinatra takes care of the roads in The Day Today Travel Tower a mile above Is a comeback on the cards for Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan? The Day Today star Patrick Marber chats to us in the show's 25th anniversary year. P atrick Marber — star of The Day Today, co-creator of Alan Partridge, playwright of the era-defining Closer and, most recently, the Tony award-winning director of Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt — would rather you didn’t call him any of those things. “I really think of myself as a failed writer who’s had some success. United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Biographies, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The Day Today' was hailed as a landmark in British television which made it impossible to watch the news without laughing like mad. The series is composed of six half-hour episodes and a selection of shorter, five-minute slots recorded as promotion trailers for the longer segments. Only six episodes were made, and were originally broadcast in January and February 1994 on BBC2. The Day Today won many awards and Chris Morris won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best Newcomer. Patrick Marber interview. We chat to Patrick Marber, who played a number of memorable characters in shows including On The Hour, The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge. Hi Patrick. We feel like we know quite a lot about your thoughts already, having listened to your late night chats with Peter Curran on Radio 4's Bunk Patrick Marber interview. We chat to Patrick Marber, who played a number of memorable characters in shows including On The Hour, The Day Today and Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge. Hi Patrick. We feel like we know quite a lot about your thoughts already, having listened to your late night chats with Peter Curran on Radio 4's Bunk This Armando Iannucci production was the start of a revolution by a new comedy team including the likes of Rebecca Front, Doon MacKichan, David Schneider, Patrick Marber and above all Steve Coogan. Steve later became a comic heavyweight by starring in a spin-off to his Alan Partridge character - Knowing me knowing you. Amazon.com: The Day Today [Regions 2 & 4] : Christopher Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, David Schneider, Michael Alexander St John, Tony Haase, John Thomson, Jean Ainslie, Andrew Gillman, The Day Today 2-DVD Set, The Day Today 2-DVD Set, Andrew Gillman, Christopher Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber
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