The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News
"The groundbreaking and irreverent '80's British sketch comedy series"
Attention, comedy fans: NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is the real thing. This is scathing, no-holds-barred Brit humor at its best. Rapid-fire skits starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) are as politically incorrect as they are side-bustingly funny, sparing no one as they take on the British Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher, Scotland Yard, country music, Christianity, devil worship, punk rock and bathroom etiquette. NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is so irreverent that when the pilot was due to air in April 1979, the BBC cancelled it due to its incendiary political content. When at last it aired, the greatest comedy group to hit England since Monty Python's Flying Circus stormed the airwaves and revolutionized British and American television alike. Discover the show that set the standard for the anarchic cynicism that defined the alternative comedy of the 80's.
Genres: Comedy
Directors: Bill Wilson, Bob Spiers, Geoff Posner
Writers: Alistair Beaton, Andrew Marshall, Andrew Smith, Andy Hamilton, Andy Smith, Andy Stevenson, Barry Bowes, Barry Pilton, Chris Allen, Chris Langham, Chris Miller, Christopher Burman, Clive Anderson, Colin Bostock-Smith, Colin Pearson, Craig Nicholls, David Rappaport, David Renwick, Dick Fiddy, Donnie Kerr, Douglas Adams, Ed McHenry, Eric Flitcroft, Frank Adey, Gerald Mahlowe, Graham, Griff Rhys Jones, Guy Jenkin, Guy Meredith, Ian Brown, Ian Hopkins, James Glen, James Walker, James Watson, Janey Preger, Jim Pullin, John Cormack, John Henderson, John Lloyd, Jon Canter, Kim Fuller, Kit Galer, Laurie Rowley, Lawrence Windley, Malcolm Mather, Mark Wallington, Mel Smith, Michael Radford, Mick Deasy, Mike Burgess, Mike Onions, Mike Radford, Neil McVicar, Niall Clark, Nick Wilton, Nicky Pugh, Nigel Planer, Nigel Purton, Norman Braidwood, Otiz Cannelloni, P.W. Newstead, Paul Smith, Pete Dredge, Pete Sargeant, Peter Richardson, Peter Spence, Philip Pope, Quentin Reynolds, Ray Binns, Ray Price, Ric Cooper, Richard Curtis, Richard Sparks, Roger Planer, Rory McGrath, Rowan Atkinson, Ruby Wax, Russell Jones, Sean Hardie, Simon Bell, Simon Hammond, Simon Woodham, Stephen Fry, Sue Chisholm, Terry Kyan, Terry Ravenscroft, Tim Douglas, Tony Vasely, Trevor McCallum, Victoria Pile, Wilson
IMDB: tt0080253