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Not the Nine O'Clock News

Name: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979-10-16
Rating: 4.13
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Pamela Stephenson, Chris Langham, Griff Rhys Jones

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4.13

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Original run:	16.10.1979 — 08.03.1982
Country of origin:	UK
Genre:	Comedy
Network:	BBC TWO
Watched by:	45 of 814 264
Total running time:	10 hours 16 minutes
Episode duration:	22 min.
IMDB rating:	7.9 of 10 2 566

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Not the Nine O'Clock News is a television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982. Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the Nine O'Clock News on BBC1. It featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The show featured Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones, as well as Chris Langham in the first series.