'The Day Today' is an exceptional little comedy series, highly underrated and filled with scathing, razor sharp, intellectual comment on news broadcasting and the media as a whole. It's also bloody funny!
This is not just personal opinion but can be backed up by evidence from the front line. During a DVD showing round my gaff, those friends viewing at the time (and previously unaware of the show) guffawed and sniggered as if they were watching a particularly amusing auditionee on 'Britain's Got Talent'.
I suspect the wide scale popularity of 'The Day Today' may have suffered from the scandal surrounding 'Brass Eye', broadcast some years later, but I'd urge you to seek it out wherever you can. Chris Morris, the anchorman and co-creator here, is an enigma and an innovator. I can't wait to see his new film 'Four Lions'.
This is not just personal opinion but can be backed up by evidence from the front line. During a DVD showing round my gaff, those friends viewing at the time (and previously unaware of the show) guffawed and sniggered as if they were watching a particularly amusing auditionee on 'Britain's Got Talent'.
I suspect the wide scale popularity of 'The Day Today' may have suffered from the scandal surrounding 'Brass Eye', broadcast some years later, but I'd urge you to seek it out wherever you can. Chris Morris, the anchorman and co-creator here, is an enigma and an innovator. I can't wait to see his new film 'Four Lions'.
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