Advantages: Timeless comedy. Sheer Genius Disadvantages: Frustrating scene selection. Lack of special features
...famous, and although I was not around to see the show air originally, I recognised many of them from having featured on various 100 Greatests and comedy tribute shows. The most famous of which included are the 'Gerald the Gorilla' Sketch, which sees an interviewer discussing with a zookeeper and his eloquent and well-spoken gorilla friend Gerald about his capture. He remarks "When I caught Gerald in '68, he was completely wild." "Wild? I was practically ... ...is an exceptional talent and not bad to look at (a shame she is no longer in the business). She is currently married to Billy Connelly, indeed, Billy makes an appearance in pone of the sketches here. As the spoof newsreader she mimicks Angela Rippons delivery perfectly, but was at her best impersonating Moira Stewart or showing off her voice in the end-of-show musical numbers. Mel Smith and Griff-Rys Jones, who will also undoubtedly be familiar faces, ...
okayblue 10.11.2007
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Volume One ofNot the Nine O'Clock Newscomprises 98 minutes of early material from the ... more
sketch show that ran between 1979 and 1982. Starring Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith and Pamela Stephenson and coscripted by Richard (Blackadder) Curtis a...
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Volume One ofNot the Nine O'Clock Newscomprises 98 minutes of early material from the ... more
sketch show that ran between 1979 and 1982. Starring Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys-Jones, Mel Smith and Pamela Stephenson and coscripted by Richard (Blackadder) Curtis a...
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First screened in 1979 'Not The Nine O'Clock News' was an overnight award-winning ... more
success. Featuring the then unknown talent of Rowan Atkinson Pamela Stephenson Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones each rapidly became international stars and the series...
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Between 1979 and 1982, the Not the Nine O'clock News team produced the sharpest comedy to ... more
be found on British Television and launched the careers of the stars, production team and writers. This selection of their quick-fire blend of satire, pastiche po...
Comedy - Director: Tony Dow - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: John Challis, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tessa Peake-Jones, Gwyneth Strong
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Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
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