Not the Nine O'Clock News
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Not the Nine O'Clock News is a British television sketch comedy series from the late 1970s and early 1980s known for its satirical take on current events and for launching the careers of several prominent comedians.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Not the Nine O'Clock News canonical | 2 |
| Nine O'Clock News | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television sketch comedy series
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satirical television series ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC television ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | television broadcast ⓘ |
| era |
early 1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1979 ⓘ |
| format | television sketch show ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
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sketch comedy ⓘ |
| hasReleaseFormat |
DVD
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VHS ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff |
book tie-ins
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comedy records ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
irreverent comedy
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topical humour ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British politics
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current affairs ⓘ popular culture ⓘ |
| influenced | later British sketch comedy shows ⓘ |
| knownFor |
launching the career of Griff Rhys Jones
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launching the career of Mel Smith ⓘ launching the career of Pamela Stephenson ⓘ launching the career of Rowan Atkinson ⓘ satirical take on current events ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1982 ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableCastMember |
Griff Rhys Jones
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Mel Smith ⓘ Pamela Stephenson ⓘ Rowan Atkinson ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
BBC Two
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surface form:
BBC2
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| parodies | BBC Nine O'Clock News ⓘ |
| partOf | British television comedy tradition ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| productionLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
| titleParodies |
Not the Nine O'Clock News
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nine O'Clock News
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| uses |
filmed inserts
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studio sketches ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nine O'Clock News