Written by and starring Christopher Morris, a spoof of topical issues and in particular how TV news and current affair programs presents them. Topics include drugs, sex, crime, science, animals, the decline of society and paedophilia. Morris is often helped in his endeavours by a bunch of celebrities and politicians.
Inanely funny. If you've watched an earlier Chris Morris series The Day Today (1994), you'll be semi-prepared for this. That show satirised the news in an absurdist, anarchic, Pythonesque sort of way and was side-splittingly funny.
This has a similar sort of blueprint but dials the absurdity up to 11. It's also goes into very risqué areas and as such is far more envelope-pushing than The Day Today.
The out-there aspect is a downside, to an extent, as sometimes the skits are more about shock value and cringe factor than humour.
Overall though it's hilariously funny.
Inanely funny. If you've watched an earlier Chris Morris series The Day Today (1994), you'll be semi-prepared for this. That show satirised the news in an absurdist, anarchic, Pythonesque sort of way and was side-splittingly funny.
This has a similar sort of blueprint but dials the absurdity up to 11. It's also goes into very risqué areas and as such is far more envelope-pushing than The Day Today.
The out-there aspect is a downside, to an extent, as sometimes the skits are more about shock value and cringe factor than humour.
Overall though it's hilariously funny.