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3.3 Not the Nine O'Clock News Explained
All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
3.3: Not the Nine O’Clock News. Released 8 October 2026.
An even earlier example of alternative comedy than The Young Ones, this took the moribund sketch comedy form and infused radical new life into it as well as kickstarting at least half a dozen comedy careers. We’re going to watch series three episode three and the final episode, series four episode six.
Next time we’ll be watching Armando Iannucci’s blackly gripping The Thick Of It. We’ll start with the very first episode and then we’ll swap Hugh Abbot for Nicola Murray…
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