The DayToday Episode 05 Magnificent

[@Hamishamishamishamish]

I love that at 11:35 you can see the travelling Bureau De Change driving past! The Day Today is fucking gold.

[@pickledegg1989]

Looks like they're having another fight!

[@mermaidman1985]

Watched this show since I was a kid and never noticed that before!

[@thomasdonald3291]

So much effort for a throwaway gag 😂

[@ChubbyChecker182]

@@mermaidman1985 wowza, just seen it for the first time too

[@luminousfractal420]

🤣👍

[@knaan163]

Herman the Tosser is not someone who has invaded my own particular consciousness

[@Amethyst_Friend]

Although clearly he has invaded yours and is a concern.

[@brackenangel410]

It sounds to me too.

[@MLambi23]

Bracken Angel Ha,ha,ha.

[@TelecastPropellor96]

It sounds to me rather.

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

In fairness to Boateng he completely owned it there. Every other politician who made it onto the show was destroyed by comparison.

[@MagnificentFiend]

The two old ladies' acting is wonderful.

[@GuyWithACamera23]

"Speak, woman".

[@Mollari42]

They also appeared in a TV episode of Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge as some womens hurdlers from the 1936 Berlin olympics (I believe). He had them recreate the race on a scale model of the track! Can't find a link on youtube, quite funny as you can imagine. I recall one of them saying some embarrasingly racist things about the Germans, to Alans horror lol

[@TheDudiest3Dude]

I'm sure that the last bit where she talks about being foreign secretary is real, as it is not daft like the eating bricks or electrode baby parts. I think she had a good story to tell so they kept it in for her

[@oscartravis5740]

The same conceit was used in the Armando Iannucci Show with his "Hello Hugh" segment

[@jaredponder4149]

Yes, they were extremely convincing even though the substance of their dialogue was absurd.

[@GoneDownOnMe]

the war sequence in this ep is amazing

[@pow1983]

I love the moving desk, reminds me of the stupid moving cameras that the BBC now have on their news

[@sarcasticstartrek7719]

Reminds me of CNN :D

[@mmjackk667]

"Those are the headlines. Happy now?" :) Greatest show ever. Brilliant writers and performance.

[@GeorgeCruickshank]

"THIS IS OUR WAR - SET TO THE BEAT OF OVER A THOUSAND POP CLASSICS!" solid gold.

[@cptcallison]

is solid gold better than liquid football?

[@josephbennett4236]

"The stretched twig of peace is at melting point." Love it.

[@eddjordan2399]

child made of paint wins bi election.

[@zachdods]

I went to the comments and started scrolling, reading your comment the SECOND he said the very same line.

[@tequila_tibbs7938]

@zachdods I went to the comments to find his comment so I could find your comment. I’m a bot btw

[@sprucemaroose]

People here are literally bursting with war.

[@johnb1150]

Kim wildes face of disgust at the notion homeless people are genuinely being clamped is priceless.

[@milesdigby]

Thanks for this. I live in USA and had to go out and buy a Region Free DVD player and bought the Day Today,Brass Eye, DVD's. Also bought Mighty Boosh box set for $20 because box was scrated. Then discovered Charlie Brookers Weekly Wipe, the 10' clock live. Finally all things Armando Irranochi SIC. Also lost cousin on 9/11, never ever thought I would see "Four Lions" comedy. Then found out written and directed by Chris Morris. Started watching it and within 5 minutes had blown Pepsi through my nose laughing so hard. Ended up buying the DVD, I truly expected to hate that movie, ended up buying it. Cheers, UK

[@TitanFind]

Much respect. That stuff is all gold.

[@burntewok]

Ianucci *

[@liamoneill7139]

check out Nathan Barley, its chris morris & charlie brookers devastating attack on hipsters

[@81Mace81]

You've probably already uncovered it as it's Armando Iannucci, but I also recommend 'Time Trumpet'.

[@milesdigby]

81Mace81 I bought Time Trumpet and the "Armando Ianucci show" on DVD. You are right you discover Time Trumpet and your mind is blown. When he looks back 30 years from now and shows how Terrorism has been beaten, making the UK a place where the emotion "terror" is outlawed. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@tonyevans7752]

Why isn't there anything like this today when we need it the most?

[@TheEskimosPantry]

I genuinely think that this wouldn't be allowed on TV these days.

[@christophertan6508]

closest thing is "The Revolution Will Be Televised"

[@jameswaide5354]

Tony Evans. I think your comment is silly.

[@tonyevans7752]

I think your comment is silly (it was a question by the way)

[@jameswaide5354]

Well, I'm glad we've sorted that out.

[@xtraspecialmango]

"As long as it's got a backbone, I'll do it." Michael Portillo

[@robair67]

You see! People only remember the first bits. "That story we reported last week and have since found it to be untrue." It's a classic media mind trick used to push a narrative that is designed to bias the audience a chosen way! They get away with it because they then dismiss the claim in the quietest way possible, thus avoiding libel.

[@drphiI]

"Why use corpses? Why not normal people? Why don't you just leave things the way they are?" "Because.. normal people.. I wouldn't have my tower. I want a tower."

[@ACRetro]

11:35 The Bureau truck drives past. It's taken me almost 20 years to notice that.

[@cameronhanton7383]

ACRetro good spot

[@thomasrimer1611]

Haha thanks for pointing that out

[@sopranito]

It's just so good! Nothing in the script is thrown away or wasted or written simply to fill in gaps. Every member of the cast pitches the tone of their character perfectly and the overall caustic bite is absolutely delicious! Love finding a new episode I hadn't seen before.

[@kiers1970]

Was only 20 odd and didn't have a clue radio 4 had such great stuff. Too busy raving. Tv show then rocked. Imagine any thing like this now? Nope

[@listerofsmeg884]

Think this is the strongest episode. The whole WAR stuff was utter genius, especially with the Yugoslav wars going on at the time it was originally broadcast

[@EagleOfToledo]

"Is this ain't the zangiest fruit juice you've ever tasted, then there ain't no JUSTICE" - comedy genius !!!

[@sirprintalot]

11:36 you can see the cast of The Bureau drive past. Genius!

[@ethzero]

Never noticed that ❤

[@Spikeelsucko]

"Making good with his legs over open ground" is a perfect journalistic sentence in every respect

[@BossySwan]

Git surfing at *terrifying leg speed*

[@widescreennavel]

I laughed my Finance Arse off!!

[@highviewbarbell]

​@@widescreennavelmy Bundesvessel almost shut down

[@cdname47]

Alan Partridge wearing a go pro before go pros were fashionable. Amazing

As I swirled the last traces of toothpaste from my mouth this morning a soldier's head flew past the window shouting the word victory.

[@luminousfractal420]

🤣

[@johnking5174]

11:08 - The way Chris says "Monday" here is a piss take on BBC news reader Michael Buerk, who loved to emphasis different words in each news item as well as his unique delivery style on the "999" show.

[@pow1983]

Ah thanks for the clarification, I had a mouth full of drink at the time he did that, well you can imagine the result

[@KaitainCPS]

Yep, I'd say Buerk and Paxo were the prime inspirations for Morris's news anchor.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

I’d never noticed before. Thank you.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

9:03 he does the same with “truck”

[@lutherblissett9070]

The segment around 25:00 is pure Buerk delivery

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

"I'll be reporting from inside the fight" "Like some crazy Trojan" HAHA LMAO

[@nkenchington6575]

Consistently brilliant writing and performing over 28 mins. Fucking great!

[@rich6076]

Chris Morris is a genius

[@names5508]

Don`t forget Armando Iannucci who wrote most of it.

[@rich6076]

would never leave out Armando. genius as well. There were a few writers, Peter Baynam and Charlie brooker. was just saying Morris's performance was so Paxman it was brilliant.

[@lancegringo4691]

Charlie Brooker wasn't a writer on The Day Today.

[@rich6076]

uncredited. in his book the hell of it he gave contributions.

[@danshaggy292]

Rich Kenyon To the Paedogeddon special of Brass Eye

[@mark000888]

'The people here are confused, spending most of their time running about like idiots'

[@jondellar]

When this came out, I harboured the hope that real-life TV news producers would hang their heads in shame and mend their ways. Little did I know that they would go on to treat The Day Today as some sort of template!

[@gr6607]

'The stretched twig of peace is at.... melting point.' Aaaaaaaaahahahahaha.

[@namakudamono]

Watching this today, still an excellent piece of television. I personally loved seeing Chris playing the organ glissando at the end of the intro credits.

[@A_Really_Nice_Guy]

I missed that, yet another brilliant detail by Chris.

[@DanielFrisbee]

Amazing and terrifying how relevant this still is. Great satire is one thing we british do seem to do particularly well. If only we could also learn from it.

[@BarterTom]

We’re pretty good at most things, actually!

[@SpeccyHorace]

Yeah it's really terrifying mate.

[@patrickbracken3363]

​@@BarterTom well, at least at sarcasm 😂

[@ObviousSchism]

Even 10 years later, it's amazing and terrifying how relevant this still is.

[@RUDI-UK]

The first time I saw TDT I was on acid in a friend's house. He taped it off the TV not long after it aired. I didn't know what I was watching at first, and I was glued to the sketch where dentists where plying their trade on the street. In my intoxicated state I was fully convinced it was for real.

[@WAAAAAAAAAAAY]

"A bit like having your hand sewn back on after a farming accident" That's my favourite weather report of them all :)

[@lyxnick]

"The new measures have been in operation since MONDAY..." LOL I don't know why but this gets me every time.

[@martydav9475]

Enchanced Paxman-esque with the RANDOM stress.

[@kittyfisherxo]

'cadavalcade'. Genius. Hear or see something new every time I come back to this. Love it.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Glorious satire, relentless graphics, hilarious wit. And no damned 'live studio audience' or laugh-track-for-morons nonsense. Chris makes flawless comedy.

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

20:10 They already have a "WAR" neon sign for whenever a war would break lol

[@shiteguides]

''Oh no, I don't remember 1944, that was my hibernation year.'' Sublime.

[@JezKemp]

"Today is the anniversary of 1944. People did different things then and lived difference lives." I'm just over here cracking up.

[@martydav9475]

Jez Kemp "We had to eat our houses...foreign secretary...hibernation year."

[@nopejoeandangie]

"it's highly contagious and lives in peppermints"

[@ShamankingZuty]

Oh man, I saw this 9 or 10 years ago and all in that time I remembered The Bureau portion and thought that was a real show on the BBC that I had watched. XD

[@douglasmilton2805]

"Doctors say the only treatments they can offer so far...are rubbish."

[@Eckalicious]

That “menaced by Hugh Scully” bit gets me every time.

[@markwrightrf]

I've watched this so many times I thought I knew it word for word but, 22 years on, I've only just registered and guffawed at the nonsense contained within Morris' earnest question to Kim Wilde: "would you call for clamps to be illegalised?" While I've always enjoyed the bizarre juxtaposition, it's only now I'm able to enjoy the fact that "illegalised" is not an actual word ;-)

[@tryceratopstv3583]

+Mark Wright Ha ha, snap, just re-watched it for the first time in many years and that was what I noticed too! To be fair there's a pretty obvious reason why the (male) viewer might be distracted from the nuances of Morris's verbiage during that scene.

[@staffsyeoman]

"Those are the headlines tonight... Happy now?"

[@keithnaylor1981]

Brilliant! Love the atrocious ‘color’ on the American report, and Rebecca Front’s final stare is a gem.

[@DemonetisedZone]

2:21 The pound was only vulnerable because they removed it to play with at lunchtime and forgot to put it back 😂 That is just a fantastic line, honestly that is brilliant

[@phuklyyve8941]

its his slow delivery of it as well lol so perfect

[@stu1701E]

​@@phuklyyve8941 Captures the Paxman intonation brilliantly!

[@probablynotmyname8521]

I havent watched this in 20 years and still remember it all.

[@SuperSquishface]

I think this show is only as good as it is because Bono did the carpeting.

[@OlizerVanAntoninus]

Portillo was definitely a pet hate of his.

[@thefrecklepuny]

Funny you say that. Portillo DID confess to homosexual acts at university. I wonder if the Sun or Mirror had this info and he went public to take the wind out of the story? Still, gay or straight, a politician should of course be judged on their words and deeds. Not who they happen to be attracted to.

[@douglasmilton2805]

For a Tory, Portillo was OK, and was obviously a happier man when he quit politics. He's also on record as being a Chris Morris fan.

[@OlizerVanAntoninus]

Ye, he seems a decent enough bloke.

[@Dirkus17]

Oh God, I just now got Travis Daveley. How could I have missed that all these years?

[@charly6066]

out of the countless celebrities and politicians chris has interviewed between this and brass eye i love how paul boetang is the only one thats caught onto what was happening

[@LoneKharnivore]

Oh shit I'd forgotten about the time Chris Morris started a war!

[@ribeirofilm9777]

The Day Today is like watching a dream-newscast. This is what my dreams look like

[@johnpettitt4388]

The "War" segment is pretty much how Sky News would actually cover it nowadays.....a show ahead of its time!

[@luminousfractal420]

It's crazy how relaxed everyone is compared to how strung out people look these days. World has gone nuts it's no fuzzy memory of things past. Media crazier than the day today for real right now 🤣

[@fieryjack6962]

"Colin needs a few moments to decompose himself". Love Barbara's puns in the Chapman Baxter sketch. As I recall a couple of the other episodes had Chapman Baxter electric chair sketches: one where he is an Elvis fan getting 'all shook up', and another where he marries his 'fried-to-be'. I wonder if they originally intended to use only one but decided they were all too good?

[@rory4605]

19:40 Chris' subtle smirk as his plan is coming to fruition. I love this show so much.

[@dublinius]

"...she may have caught it from a badger" 😂🤣🤣

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

I remember watching this Live on TV when I was younger and honestly thought this was the real news, I couldn't believe it.

[@nixbronowski5822]

Chris Morris..The NOSTRODAMUS of Comedy. Just when you thought the News Could Never look this THIS!?! Yet here we are Wrapped up in this Global Lunacy. Bring back THE DAY TODAY!!! #chrismorris #thedaytoday #AbstractTruth #Lampoon

[@tonysplattery]

The Day Today - tomorrow's news yesterday

[@stephenhill1350]

Those are the headlines! happy now? Perfect. lol

[@jamstonjulian6947]

Perfectly sums up the self-importance of mainstream news journalists.

[@stefekcrocker9853]

The way he deliberately mispronounces 'familiar' at 16:38 is hilarious. Check it out, very subtle but typical Morris.

[@1035pm]

Stefek Crocker Iv watched these countless amount of times and have never noticed that. Good work.

[@paulbarrow2497]

Loved this when originally aired when I was a late teen. I need this on dvd as well as Jam and brass eye

[@alexanderthomas-owen613]

18:36 The absolute disgust on Chris's face about the military threat from Hawtrey, which is only made funnier when you realise he's starting the war himself.

[@andynightingale7335]

We so need this to make a return in 2024. Chris Morris, Coogan and team would have a field day with the current insanity in the UK

[@peterohanraha-hanrahan3022]

"I'm tryna run a high class Bureau de Change, not some two bit nipple Peep Show in Rio de Janeiro!!"

[@EleanorPeterson]

Hi, Peter! Sorry, mate; I love the sneer and the lip-curl, but I'm just going to have to add "Shut it, you sla-a-ag..." ;-)

[@interstate366]

Peter you’ve lost the Bureau!

[@user-bl1pw2th4l]

The editing on this is series is phenomenal. Everything is perfect. I love it 🤣🤣 I used to watch it in 1994 when I was 13 and I understood every joke then.

[@garymitchell5899]

The stretched twig of peace is at melting point.

[@BenEmberley]

Kim Wilde was radiant

[@tz6414]

She was a scorcher for about 5 years.

[@aninnocentmannerism2314]

a stirring and frankly brave reporting of the famed Austral-HK war of 1994

[@russelledwards001]

i'm closing the bureau - for an hour.

[@philip013]

4:21 "Lives matter" Partridge, ahead of the game.

[@RiCo1039]

philip013 maybe he wasnt ahead of the game, maybe he is just a good person who doesnt need to be told that lives matter.

[@philip013]

ja crispy- Alan Partridge is a trail blazer and someone we should all look up to.

[@canturgan]

A trail blazer in a mustard blazer and slacks.

[@gordonm7038]

He is the King of Anglia!

[@elias_xp95]

NoLivesMatterToMe

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

I have a child about his age myself. When I phoned him 10 minutes ago, I told him to move out of the house to make room for his new brother. That fucking killed me. Absolutely amazing

[@belykwater5601]

Blofeld's origin story

[@cruddnow]

"This was the scented rose in the bumgut of Satan" lmao

[@DinoDiniProductions]

This is so good, also because it is, under the surface, deadly serious

[@lookbovine]

Whenever justice is said I now repeat “yustice” (7:26) to myself and have a little chuckle. Thank you, Mr. Daveley.

[@WAAAAAAAAAAAY]

people compare this to Monty Python. Monty Python was never as good as this

[@BLINDTUBEMARES]

Paul Boeteng actually managed to come off as normal! Well done, sir

[@sneedler8661]

*aggresively grabs old women while her child sits there in disbelief at the situation unfolding* "through the univeral language of mutual need, i knew she was saying; come! Put your equipment up in our refuge, the world must see this mess." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@megalodon6108]

we need more like this aired on tv these days

[@BirdingwithNick]

More believable than the real news these days.

[@azzy2001]

Wow! This is pretty much a perfect prediction of the news in 2023.

[@stylophobia]

Having witnessed the reporting of the Labour leadership contest on the BBC and mainstream media over the past year, I have turned to and wholly trust the coverage offered by "The Day Today".

[@krovopolosstechkin3467]

The entire Labour party....suffering from slemills disease, stuffing themselves with free peppermints at the expense of the tax payer.

[@SpeccyHorace]

Eh?

[@thenoltzone498]

@@SpeccyHorace I'm as baffled a you are

[@nilssonschmillson5395]

@@thenoltzone498Corbyn was smeared by the papers, skewered for things such as opposing the current virus toon in Israel and being supposedly anti-Semitic.

[@Yellowswift3]

The bureau had me cracking up (as did the 'justice' bits). :D Just brilliant. :)

[@enragedkaiser237]

I love how they make fun of the excessively elaborate and complicated news intros of the late 90s. Chris Morris is a genius.

[@chrismarchand3570]

Utterly, classically, magnificently brilliant.

[@Jay_Bee_Beats]

Frozen fire. the best invention since powdered water

[@vi0letcr1me]

this show is one of the most brilliantly insane things I have ever seen

[@simoneconneff4086]

Are you levelling ALL those accusations at Herman the Tosser?

[@trainwreck3697]

“The scented rose in the bumgut of satan” modern day Shakespeare this.

[@batguano7526]

I've made a decision, I'm closing the Bureau........ for an hour 😂

[@jordanjabroni]

"...nnnJURRRSTICE!"

[@Nvananon]

The animatronic corpse bit is priceless

[@Nebuloid1]

Can only watch this or Brass Eye 10 minutes at a time, way too much insanely funny writing !

[@longtomato92]

Cried with laughter throughout this whole episode 🤣

[@moistbuthole9752]

just discovered this show a week ago. I would have loved this show back in the 90's!

[@johnking5174]

I remember watching this in February 1994, I was only 9 years old, but mum and dad allowed me to watch it with them.

[@moistbuthole9752]

@@johnking5174 I would have been in grade 1 in Australia. I think KZbin is one of the best inventions in my lifetime lol

[@johnking5174]

@@moistbuthole9752 Agreed. I have so many television shows I remember, and nearly all of them are on here. It is like a time machine isn't it?

[@moistbuthole9752]

@@johnking5174 It's like we are now able to catalogue history in real-time, instead of having a scholar write it down hundreds of years later lol

[@jonathanmantle2364]

It is mental to look at the war section of this show and not see how wars are being reported today...

[@shanetheclassic]

"we've seen only 1 napkin in 4 days"

[@Nebuloid1]

"vegilante" oh my cheeks hurt

[@oldskoolraver1974]

The absurdity is turned all the way up to 11. So good.

[@Bhodisatvas]

"The cars the bitch and you're the queen and I Iike it" Alan Partridge

[@pbuxton]

The Bureau truck! Great spot.