Series

Not the Nine O'Clock News 1979

  • Comedy
  • 25 min episodes
  • 4 seasons
  • 27 episodes
  • Ended

Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which introduced Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson.

Comedysatiresketch comedyBBC Two

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