Plots(1)
The Day Today' was hailed as a landmark in British television which made it impossible to watch the news without laughing like mad. Following its transmission in January 1994, hordes of seasonal newscasters resigned in shame as the programme scientifically proved their jobs were wrong. Anchorman Christopher Morris had been fired from ITN in 1989 for using make up on disaster victims, but was hired by The Day Today for precisely the same reason. Collatallie Sisters single-handedly revolutionized business news with the graphic finance arse. Sportscaster Alan Partridge was amiable enough and Peter O'Hanraha'hanrahan won repeated awards for dreadful persistence! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Christopher Morris
UK
Best series:
The IT Crowd (2006) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Brass Eye (1997) (series)
Steve Coogan
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Rebecca Front
UK
Best series:
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Queers (2017) (series)
Graham Linehan
Ireland
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
The IT Crowd (2006) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Doon Mackichan
UK
Best series:
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Hale and Pace (1988) (series)
Queen Elizabeth II
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series) - actor, a.f.
Mr. Robot (2015) (series) - a.f.
Doctor Who (2005) (series) - actor, a.f.
Patrick Marber
UK
Best series:
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
A Very English Scandal (2018) (series)
The Day Today (1994) (series)
David Schneider
Best series:
The Day Today (1994) (series)
John Thomson
UK
Best series:
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
Skins (2007) (series)
Blackpool (2004) (series)
Minnie Driver
UK
Best series:
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
Modern Family (2009) (series)
The X-Files (1993) (series)
King Charles III
UK
Best series:
Look Around You (2002) (series)
The Day Today (1994) (series)
Wonderful Times (2009) (series) - a.f.
Boris Yeltsin
Soviet Union
Best series:
The X-Files (1993) (series) - a.f.
The Day Today (1994) (series)
JAG (1995) (series)
David Schneider
UK
Best series:
Mr. Bean (1990) (series)
Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994) (series)
I'm Alan Partridge (1997) (series)
Robert Putt
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986) (series)
Richard Branson
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
Friends (1994) (series)
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
Frazer Brown
Best series:
Brass Eye (1997) (series)
The Day Today (1994) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
Andy Linden
Best series:
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987) (series)
Rome (2005) (series)
Garrow's Law (2009) (series)
Philip Bretherton
UK
Best series:
Silk (2011) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
Strike Back (2010) (series)
Kim Wilde
UK
Best series:
The Day Today (1994) (series)
Knight Rider (1982) (series) - a.f.
Ian Gelder
UK
Best series:
Game of Thrones (2011) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Queers (2017) (series)