On The Hour 1992: Chris Morris vs. Daily Mail & Sun

[@PaulRoneClarke]

Steve Coogan doing an excellent job as the voice of Kinnock here.

[@CheechWizard22]

'I turned round to witness the shouting with my ear'

[@barryhomeowner1032]

Because I'm quite... about to go to bed

[@oliverbanks3396]

The incredibly fine line Morris walks with his words to make this all perfectly legal is masterful

[@rgrace6609]

Chris Morris IS I'd say a certified genius.

[@amegreycat]

"how much can you offer for a saucy one like this" hahaha

[@alexanderfoster9416]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ7Ge2d9abGNg80

[@zero15388]

um... ummm......

[@Durzel]

“Well I wouldn’t be phoning you if it was about the Conservative Party would I”. Crazy that we have tabloids that are aligned to one party.

[@jmummysweetpea3671]

'How much can you offer for a Kinno.....ck story of this MAGNITJUDE'. Fucking genius .

[@Rogue_Leader]

"One of the Tory tabloid papers" Nothing changes does it?

[@GiantSandles]

Aside from any moral issue it's just amazing how dumb they'd have to be to just come out and say that to some stranger on the phone

[@korona3103]

They had a disposable intern body shield say it, she can be disavowed and fired if necessary.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

@@GiantSandles Not really: they did and it has made no difference.

[@donaldwebb]

The Sun, the Times, News of the World, FT, etc. all were supporting Labour just 4 years after this

[@gargantuk]

​@@donaldwebbaye because even those scumbags couldn't back a dead horse. It was plain to all that the Tories couldn't win in 97

[@toolworks]

I love how quickly they hopped the price up to 150%

[@GaffersOfficial]

And that's without the pink heart frame

[@Rogue_Leader]

How Politic Works: "We wouldn't want to handle a story like that but you might find that one of the Tory tabloids might be interested" This is why nothing ever changes for the poor.

[@anatolyboukreev8187]

Rogue_Leader To be fair if this was real it would be in the publics interest to know.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

Anatoly Boukreev, sure, but that was almost certainly nobody's motivation here, sadly.

[@Lemma01]

What have 'the poor' got to do with it?

[@donaldwebb]

Different papers are allowed to back different political parties. The Sun stopped being a 'Tory tabloid' not long after this & supported New Labour

[@davepowell7168]

@@anatolyboukreev8187 Why?

[@grunkert]

"you're wasting my time here" "BUBBYE!"

[@getheroutofthetruck]

''I'm quite about to go t'bed.''

[@TH-b1stard]

IN CONSERVATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE, THE PHONE IS RINGING!

[@97channel]

£1000. Yeah, righto. I'll just hand you the hottest story of the year for a hundredth of your bingo prize.

[@97channel]

Even in 1992, I'd say that a story like that would be such pure gold to the tory tabloids that £15,000 wouldn't be a far fetched sum to command. If I'd got a story like that to sell in 1992, I'd be holding out for 30 grand. And I'd be fairly confident in getting it. I'd settle for £10K minimum, but would feel royally ripped off.

[@MrSyrett]

"I turned round to hear it with my ear"

[@whyyoulidl]

Sheer class. I love this stuff x

[@dougie8747]

Lost it at "In pink".

[@T-Bag13]

We need more Morris.

[@zero15388]

neil kinnoc-K

[@rickstar171]

is that Steve Coogan playing Kinnock?

[@agdgdgwngo]

rickstar171 his Kinnock is amazing

[@SehnsuchtYT]

£1000? Bloody hell they're really lowballing him with that one.

[@franklettering]

Thank God for the "freedom of the press" where would we be without the Sun etc.?

[@revilo314]

"Renumeration" FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@HHGFHJGFHJGFJTYFJDGY]

Kinnock is Steve Coogan.

[@dave8323]

Ryan Simmons aren't you clever

[@thesephers]

I'm quite about to go to bed

[@RedRussianPedro]

ho-lee shit that is just amazing!

[@SonGoku-io7sh]

Dude is a genius

[@youngian]

Yes he used to do him for Spitting Image as well.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Madame Tussaud's, hahaha

[@r0galik]

Is it Coogan speaking? :D

[@FooRocker1245]

Yep

[@TStyle1979]

Kinnoc........k

[@rickstar171]

thought I recognised his Kinnock, distinct

[@elcapitandebeefheart7299]

How much for a story of this magni-tood

[@Blagga0muffin]

A whip round

[@davepowell7168]

Morris made some coinage doing practice runs, just for research of course 👌

[@vollsticks]

t.Reader Of Tory Tabloids

[@gimlifrog7772]

This is awesome

[@Danny-qw4iq]

Genius.

[@digitalsustain]

BYEBYE

[@r0galik]

I mean, on the tape

[@jbthepianist]

IN PINK 💕

[@wisteela]

Brilliant

[@AlpineQuattro]

BYE BYE

[@ryanlaking3033]

In pink?

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

My _butthole_ has gone from small undiscovered fact to burning news issue. And now that I think about it, I'm nowhere near as clever as Sir Christopher Morris (not officially knighted, hence the current English Civil War) so I'm thinking that's a joke that was already worked into that line.

[@tonybates7870]

As if a newspaper would give someone money without even checking whether it really was Kinnock or simply somebody shouting in a Welsh accent. I mean, the Sun may be run by amoral bastards but not stupid amoral bastards.

[@RickBtenpercent]

The clip says otherwise. If the provenance seems right to them they are suckers, see Hitler diaries for a legendary example.

[@tonybates7870]

@@RickBtenpercent Makes me wonder why everyone isn't doing it. Actually, it makes me wonder why I'M not doing it . . . 😁

[@WorldCupWillie]

I supposed they thought it was worth the risk to secure a tape, that would damage the opposition leader in an election year.

[@T-Bag13]

We need more Morris.

[@EBGBeee]

Desperately.