The Saturday Night Armistice

Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, David Schneider carried on where they left off on the Day Today. There was no Chris Morris now, well at least not credited, but they took hold of the mantle well. At first glance it was an ordinary BBC2 sketch show. It didn't take long for the surrealism… More and absurdity of their earlier work on the Day Today to creep in. 'Spot the Old Woman' a regular skit wherby viewers were challenged to spot the old lady planted in the audeince of another show or piece of news footage, Newsnight, Kilroy, Question Time etc.. There was the puppet of Tony Blair that travelled the country. Then there was them digging up the Blue Peter time capsule and replacing the contents with porn, or draping the BBC headquarters with a 'Vote Conservative' banner. The schedules eventually forced the show to Friday night, and the Friday Night Amistice, with the Saturday night repeat being Last Friday Night's Amistice. There were a couple of specials, two Christmas and an Election 1997 show where they had a accopello choir singing the tunes of famous news shows over the years. Strange but never dull the show was last aired in 1999 for a New Year Special.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 71311
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired June 24, 1995
  • Recent January 1, 1999
  • Network BBC Two
  • Average Runtime 30 minutes
  • Genres Comedy
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified August 7, 2022 by
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 June 1995 December 1995 7
Season 2 June 1996 January 1998 9
Season 3 January 1998 January 1999 8
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 24
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Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 24
Name Number of Episodes Dates
David Schneider 11 06/24/1995 - 01/01/1999
Armando Iannucci 11 06/24/1995 - 01/01/1999
Peter Baynham 11 06/24/1995 - 01/01/1999
Andy Riley 10 06/24/1995 - 01/01/1999
Kevin Cecil 10 06/24/1995 - 01/01/1999
Arthur Mathews 7 06/24/1995 - 12/22/1995
Graham Linehan 7 06/24/1995 - 12/22/1995
Dominic English 1 12/29/1997
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Steve Bendelack 8 06/24/1995 - 12/29/1997
Sarah Smith 7 08/05/1995 - 01/01/1999
Andy De Emmony 7 06/24/1995 - 12/22/1995
John Kilby 5 06/24/1995 - 12/22/1995
Dominic Brigstocke 3 07/29/1995 - 12/22/1995

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