The Day Today - WAR!

[ciaran3707]

He's got the Paxman act down to a tee.

[ixXDanXxi]

Donald Bethlehem hahahaha

[zzippyman1]

Truly fantastic? Or not? Magnificent satire on the media

[joebstarsurfer]

Britain WAR on the EURO lol.

[MrJuno6]

Great parody of that Paxman turd.

[danielspital]

genius.

[Darrenwesley88]

Paxman written all over it, Classic.

[BroWhatever]

I love how it all just starts up.

[SquigglyColm]

Australia, hong kong border?

[FinnSolomon]

@SquigglyColm Basically the whole of South East Asia

[zionravescene]

Craste needs to give Hawtrey a good headslapping...

[jinson98]

absolute classic

[MaxyZorin]

hahahahaha the half second for the paragraph long discription

[PublicEnquiry]

was the Bond film 'Tomorrow Never Dies' made before or after this piece of genius? Look at the murdoch press - with headlines like 'Iran already has nuclear weapons - Western intelligence has known it for years' and 'Israeli prisoner swap may be prelude to attack on Iran' its a bit too close for comfort. Great guy to work with Chris... once you've shouted, sworn at him & told him were to go with his wind ups ;-)

[joebstarsurfer]

private eye kate winslet and her spoon .This is the newwwwws.

[Destro7000]

The stretched twig of peace...is...at melting point!

[Campbell318]

anyone know where to stream episodes in full?

[Rascaduanok]

This was my favourite episode of The Day Today. Incredible!

[GREENGIANT2674]

The stretched twig of peace is at melting point

[maximumtheandy]

I don't think I'll ever forget the day I heard Australia and Hong Kong had declared war. I remember seeing the terrible pictures from Eastmanstown, homes and lives destroyed in an instant. Such a terrible day, a day i shall never forget, the day when war broke out. A war which broke out on an unforgettable day that i shall never forget. Ever.

[SimonB198207]

@maximumtheandy Yeah, i'm planning to visit northern Australia some time in my lifetime, preferably whilst i'm still alive and will certainly go and visit the memorial there where the names of the one hundred billion fallen soldiers, from both sides, are inscribed on the wall dividing Hong Kong and Australia.

[joebstarsurfer]

bbc news in Libya "we are driving into an ambush turn left".

[zionravescene]

What do you mean, this isn't a real news bulletin?!

;)

[Geshreeyeh]

Did Mr Hawtrey used to be a tutor in political science?

[adamdavidwilson1]

He takes off Paxman and Newsnights format to perfection

[thefrecklepuny]

Change 'WAR' to 'RIOTS' and you see how close Chris M and co were with regards to England in recent days!

[jezkemp]

"The stretched twig of peace is at melting point, people here are literally bursting with war"

[radomaj]

War were declared.

[whatthedeuce81]

This is Sky News if they were allowed free rein :)

[MisterDogshit]

I just realised... weirdly, both the guests stared in Alan Partridge shows as teachers.

The English one is the head master who "invites" Alan to give a talk about his career - where we see "Crash Bang Wallop, What a video"; the Aussie is the lecturer in political science, sat in the audience, in the episode of KMKYWAP with the political debate.

[Triplesod]

@MisterDogshit Ohhh yeah! Lieutenant Colonel Kojak Slaphead III's mate!! :-)

[noblessus]

love it lol!

[faulknmd]

That brief smirk at 2:58. Absolutely brilliant.

[joebstarsurfer]

struth this is the news.Lets have a WAR with those Aussies send in Kate and her hats.

[joebstarsurfer]

struth this is the news.

[mbjac]

love how he scoots of at his desk

[Venator70]

The man that Murdoch wants to be?

[DrAltais]

I pledge to use the phrase "a large cack of cloud" every day.

[petertranart]

this sums up foreign policy and the mainstream media perfectly. haha

[Kosorovich]

Hahahahahahaha

[s695579]

lol!

[milbytrillion]

People here are literally bursting with war

[123andy321]

this is actually like watching sky news.

[blackdice23]

GET RID OF HERD!

[blackdice23]

The stretched twig of peace is at melting point

[TECHNOID69]

literally bursting with war lol.

[dcanmore]

Fox News Channel started in 1996 when Rupert Murdoch saw The Day Today and took notes :)

[ZemplinTemplar]

@dcanmore And I thought people only misinterpret The Onion. ;-))

[PacerManAl]

lololololololololololol @ 3:15

"This is Smartbomb Stephen and THAT is Suzanna Gekkoloids!"

[StargateMunky]

The genius of creating a war for your own career is hialriously done.

[MikeAllenInDaHouse]

A man sees god in his car, he crashes.

[fkos86]

People here are literally bursting with war..

[TheVoid]

he sounds like paxman lol

[shahideurope]

@TheVoid or Paxman is doing him!

[chha09]

'the stretched twig of peace is melting point'

amazing.

[dullontoast]

this is just genius.

[finishitin]

"I'll be reporting from inside the fight"

"Like some crazy Trojan"

Brilliant.

[newsmaniaingaidai]

"very much a country that's gonna blow up in its face" lol

[hotelmario510]

'That's it, it's war!'

[rrte2]

@hotelmario510 'War it is'

[hotelmario510]

@rrte2 I'd love to watch BBC News do that.

[antipike]

hahha .. has cameron been watching this ?

[echoespaul]

Chris reminds me of Paxman in this.

[cofpaddy]

...Like some crazy Trojan haha

[cofpaddy]

My favourite part of 'The Day Today' by far =P

[DeckardWill]

'a large cack of heavy cloud'

[AHafan2]

I love the way Chris engineers a war using only a news studio xD seriously funny satire on the power of the media

[artysmokes]

I've got a reservation at the restaurant of death

[774434]

now if we rotate the throat circle..

[skinlo01]

Haha, awesome :)

[ShizuokaDolphin]

"The stretched twig of peace is at melting point" on the Australio-Hong Kong border.

Brilliant show, and classic moment, this. :)

[poshboy43]

Is it wrong that I slightly fancy Chris Morris in this?

[samisacool1]

"people here are literally bursting with war" LOL

[CanaryRich]

It never struck me as a teenager just how close Chris Morris is to Paxman in this, it's uncanny.

[Murxidon]

Like some crazy Trojan.

[akf2000]

"The entire eastern seaboard of the United States has been decimated by a terrorist attack"

[w0lf101]

Love the subtlety at 0:43, hate it when you don't get time to look at the strip at the base of the news...

Great clip, love it !

[Reln74]

YES!!! Its War!!

[ascolti]

"The stretched twig of peace has reached melting point"

[MegaDockrat]

Monty python would be proud....

[enigma19833]

FAKE

[markiliff]

@enigma19833 You think?

[EvenflowBlack]

@enigma19833 NO. Really?!

[akf2000]

Australio-Hong-Kong border

[Radioheadhead90]

My favourite part of this actually is just as this clip ends and the weatherman says "If we just rotate the throat circle" Hahahahhahhaaha

[pancakefacecake]

on the frontline and in your face

[Papdog1]

Exactly the way satellite news has developed in the last 15 years.

[goaldemon08]

"I couldnt take such a decision without referring to my superior Chris Pattern hes in Hong Kong."

"GOOD, because hes on the line right now via satelite." Laughed all the way through of course but mostly at this part haha.

[murrayg]

Almost certainly the best four minutes of television ever made

[gumbothemagnificent]

like some crazed trojan!

so awesome

[fadeintoyou77]

Love the circumflex over the O and the three N's in Donnnald Bethl'hem's name.

Also Susanna Geckeloid/se (?) LOL.

Just the names alone are brilliant.

[robibm2003]

Chris is a genius.

[antbubb]

anyone notice how quickly the caption for the British Foreign Office Minister is shown?!

[z0mgrugbyreturns]

It's Paxman in disguise lol!

[jonyfry]

"People here are literally burtsing with war"

[allblue3]

The stretched twig of peace is at melting point...

[fatjam27]

and now the weather ha ha

[manladyyasser]

2:53 It sounds like a mix between crying and talking. It's also the way he's flinching, makes him look like an infant...?

[jogey420]

STANDHING BY DOUGLAS HERD - LMAOOOOOOOOO

[fishistheice]

...like some crazy Trojan

lol

[eridgeboy]

the stretched twig of peace is at meting point....

[Mathews12]

WAR

[321fight]

"Lets revolve the weather collar now 70degrees to the midlands where I was first bereaved; and there'll be a large cack of heavy cloud covering the area, but it should stay dry enough for you to dance outside until our Lord Beelzebub calls upon us" xD

[sugababyx101]

2:20 the stretched twig of peace is at... melting point =D

[scefen]

Dônnnald Bethl´hem XD

[123backinyerface]

LOL !!!

[Kullg4r]

"The stretched twig of peace is at melting point."

[hideHYDEimcoming]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay war!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

YES! IT'S WAR!

[mikek2k6]

God I love that dramatic music at 3:00

[simozonelayer]

I can see where Paxman got his interview ideas from.

[clydebear]

It's not often there are works of satire that can be described at pure genius but The Day Today is one of them. Just an awful pity that the major ego clashes of Morrison, Coogan and Iannucci could'nt left us with only 2 series. How wonderful it would have been to see them tackle Diana's death, 9/11, all the ridiculous health scares like SARS and the Swin flu, Jacko's death etc. Would love to see them get back again for another belt at it all.

[DarkKnightBob1o1]

@clydebear check the dvd bonus, he does a breif spat on 9/11

[jazzx251]

@clydebear

I disagree. Simply because mainstream news is now a parody of itself.

What's the point in having a show like this when you only have to turn on Sky News to be falling about in fits of morbid laughter?

This show predicted - horribly - what the News would become.

During the Boxing Day Tsunami, I turned on Sky News - they were reporting on a bereaved couple:

"Jane and John were watching Sky News as the tragedy unfolded"

(they were shown on the sofa watching Sky News)

[al28283]

@jazzx251 there's your problem. sky news isn't a news channel

[ihopeyouredone]

..like some crazy Trojan!

[Destro7000]

the stretched twig of peace is...at melting point

:D

[LewisT92]

I love the scene were Susanna (woman in the red dress at the end) is being filmed on 'the front lines' and she bust's down a door and shot's two army men lol.

[MarcusMeridius]

so funny, im in pain, my insides hurt, thanks

[atraxus]

"people are literally bursting with war" rofl excellent!

[wootlanter]

watch?v=h0b92WZLlQw

[wootlanter]

I believe the main influences on the newsreader character were Jeremy Paxman and Michael Buerk.

[paulbottomley42]

@wootlanter Yes, Morris has an uncanny knack for impersonation.

[MrKelvincan]

@wootlanter mostly paxman, and the news night formula.

[discostu333]

@wootlanter Paxman for definite.

[ididntididnt]

The upper cataract on the australio-hong kong border...

genius.

[TinnedWaffles]

WAR. WAR HAS BROKEN OUT. THIS IS WAR.

[AHafan1]

GET RID OF HURD... thanks!

[Octopolish]

I crap myself with laughter when I hear the Douglas Heard part.

[Shazbut01]

Satirical television hit it's peak with this.

[DOO1]

lol literally bursting with war...

[SaitanMar]

One of my favourite sketches ever in comedy.

Wonderful stuff.

[Ace42x]

As I swilled the last dregs of toothpaste from my mouth, a soldier's head flew past the window shouting the word "victory!".

[lukeyboy2209]

This is the best part from the Day Today and They rearly should bring this program back.

Imagine what they would do with the current day news :)

[ynkl7abg]

Sadly today's news media is too much of a joke to begin with.

[clarkdave]

Australian-Hong Kong border!

[MCBhangramuffin]

the air here is thick what they call the "electric cornflakes"...

[cheekyegg]

fact me til i fart

[ThePhoenix815]

I'll be reporting from inside the fight...Like some crazy Trojan!

[Flanclanman]

The stretched twig of peace is at melting point XD

[Townender80]

The people here are literally bursting with war.

[Omni123]

It is.

[kkqd3823]

the australiohongkong boarder!! Brilliant.

[CatholicThunderTV]

A man sees goat in his car, he crashes..?

Lmao.. fuck.

[internetmale]

it's 'god'. he sees god in his car

[OtisWild]

People here are literally BURSTING WITH WAR!

[Markell1991]

A country that will blow up, in it's face.

[joelang1699]

it is

[blindedtipsy]

britain is such a shit stirrer!

[Jamesia]

well he is in this show...

[optimashprime83]

alan partridge started on this program

[Destro7000]

LIKE SOME CRAZY TROJAN

[ascolti]

The stretched twig of peace.

[Destro7000]

is at melting point!

[nessiebreath]

This is where "The Onion" started

[michael1882yt]

This show was so ahead of it's time.

[boydegg]

They've only just swallowed their sanctions, and now they're burping them back up in YOUR FACE!

[Slyfox38]

"Like a crazy Trojan!"

Classic!

[Khorney]

GOOD! Cuz on the line now!

[TheCozzienan]

Absolutely cracks me up every time!

[wallacenz]

Fox news

[RexBanner1980]

The way Morris addresses the Australian minister as "Australia" is just pure Paxman. Brilliant.

[AHafan1]

get rid of hurd! thanks! lol

[steba2006]

The best episode of the Day Today.

[internetsfinalboss]

This is the best show ever.

[angrynorway]

Fact x importance = news

[MrMoneymadManiac]

I love that burst of the (even more) dramatic theme just as war's been declared.

[tigersim303]

bang after bang after bang after bang after bang!

[frenchkids]

"He's just burped a hard line in your face" !!

[aarghapanda]

This is.....a war!

[cmrules]

A country bursting with war lmao!! this is superb!! It's war!!!

[dananddanfilms]

This is comedy that gets your pulse racing. Amazing, timeless brilliance.

[kez1900]

3:11 haahahahahahaa

[SmackNcrack01]

This guys work on this show and brass eye is basically comedy perfection!!!

[KajiCarson]

Hahahaha!

[101dc101]

ITS WAR!!

[PatRibsey]

this is one of the most genius moments of comedy ever!

[bennymutant]

Like some crazy trojan

Brilliant