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1.7 The Day Today Explained
All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
1.7: The Day Today. Released 8 January 2026.
A big tradition in British comedy used to be that of shows getting an early experimental (and inexpensive) radio outing before being let loose on a bigger (more expensive) television stage. After twelve episodes of bizarre news spoof On The Hour had been transmitted on BBC Radio 4, a television version seemed inevitable. There were only six episodes of The Day Today but from them flowed award winning plays, more sketch comedy, defining modern political satire, questions in the…
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