Not the Nine O'Clock News 1979
- Comedy
- 25 min episodes
- 4 seasons
- 27 episodes
- Ended
Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which introduced Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson.
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Character
Comic, cool, ironic and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
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“Is Rowan Atkinson the best thing in Not the Nine O'Clock News?”
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“Was the first season the best?”
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“Does the irony keep it from meaning anything?”
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Crew
- Bill WilsonDirector
- Rowan AtkinsonWriter
- John LloydProducer
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Seasons
- Season 16 eps · 1979
- Season 27 eps · 1980
- Season 38 eps · 1980
- Season 46 eps · 1982
Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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The New Statesman 198765% alikeBoth comic, cool, ironic.
In Living Color 199065% alikeBoth comic, cool, warm.
The Kids in the Hall 198964% alikeBoth comic, cool, classical in form.
Film · Both comic, cool, warm.
The Knack... and How to Get It 196572% alikeFilm · Both comic, cool, warm.
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