Not the 9'OClock news

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Not the Nine O'Clock News is a British television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC2 from 1979 to 1982. Originally shown as a comedy alternative to the Nine O'Clock News on BBC1, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The show featured Rowan Atkinson, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones, as well as Chris Langham in the first series.

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@nigeljohnwilson4549 11 ай бұрын

It's truly astounding how the satire from Not the 9'OClock News remains remarkably relevant even after four decades! 👍🏻

@zekelucente9702 11 ай бұрын

Think of all the great comedic movies that could never be made today. I remember reading 1984 in school and being sure Orwell was talking about conservatives, but instead it’s turned out that it’s the liberals that are against free speech.

@bartduinslaeger7289 11 ай бұрын

Just replace stout with transgender and its up to pace

@stevie-ray2020 11 ай бұрын

Especially that recruiting-drive for the Russian Army! They're dropping down like flies over in Ukraine!

@Subsidiarity3 11 ай бұрын

The joke around the 10 minute mark is kind of topical again sadly. Well, the latest technology bit isn't quite right.

@zapkvr0101 11 ай бұрын

@zekelucente9702 not even close to true. Murdoch isn't a liberal

@ronaldstrange8981 9 ай бұрын

This is 2023 and there's nothing like it anywhere on Tele today. Thank you so much for this.

@LordOfTheThreeWorlds 2 ай бұрын

Uh no first of all this is 2024 and it is exactly here the same except looking older. Welcom

@danmar007 Ай бұрын

What's tele? :-)

@marifeely1694 11 ай бұрын

Proof, if it were needed, that genius comedy will stand the test of time. Just as hilarious as it was then. I loved this show.

@gandydancer72 Ай бұрын

Dis is BaBa WA Wa!

@gandydancer72 Ай бұрын

Ahh, the 70s and 80s

@sebastian993 11 ай бұрын

one of the few comedy shows that are timeless.

@zapkvr0101 11 ай бұрын

Utter bullshit. It was quite LITERALLY of its time and no other

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 11 ай бұрын

As long as you remember “That’s Life” telephone boxes, Janet Street Porter, Thatcher, trade Unions, the Hamlette adverts, Punk, tomorrows world…….

@nigelnyoni8265 11 ай бұрын

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 I was born in 1998, so I don't know many of those things, so I think a lot of references are flying over my head .. sometimes I can tell it's satire, but i don't know who/what they're satirising.

@Christine_1985 9 ай бұрын

Rowan’s face when Pamela Stephenson gets in that truck.😂😂

@philhawley1219 Ай бұрын

Pamela was fit!!!

@kitemanmusic Ай бұрын

Well wouldn't you? I know I would!

@LeoDragon34 11 ай бұрын

Pamela Stephenson’s portrayal of Janet Street Porter is brilliant. Completely on the money.

@nicholasmartin297 11 ай бұрын

I like to think JSP has seen this and had a good laugh. Incredibly talented actress who was stunningly beautiful.

@robertwalkey1443 11 ай бұрын

She sounds nothing like Janet Street Porter😂

@alleadmin3294 10 ай бұрын

We all had a mega horn for Pamela. 👍

@robertwalkey1443 10 ай бұрын

@@alleadmin3294 I didn’t 🤷🏻‍♂️

@alleadmin3294 10 ай бұрын

@@robertwalkey1443 You are either gay or your knob has fallen off.

@dallasreid7755 11 ай бұрын

Saw many of these live. The "Constable Savage" sketch must be one of the all time best comedy sketches ever. Even more appropriate in light of the Met issues.

@zaftra 11 ай бұрын

ironically, with invented racialist accusations.

@victoriamyatt1709 11 ай бұрын

Can't remember if it was the barbican centre or not but went to several live filming episodes, was quite a small studio but a great experience.

@willemslie 11 ай бұрын

I loved this show as a teenager and find that I still remember several of these sketches 40+ years later. Those were the days when you could laugh at poor-taste humour without offending anyone.

@Torquemada-su1cn 11 ай бұрын

Realising I still know all the words to 'I Like Trucking'....speechless EDIT: omg, MISTER KODOGO.....

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 11 ай бұрын

At the time Not the nine o’clock news was considered pretty offensive, the daily mail was scathing about it, calling it puerile and crass, Mary Whitehouse was petitioning for it to be taken off air

@willemslie 11 ай бұрын

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 Back then, the Daily Mail and Mary Whitehouse were in the minority. I agree that much of the humour was puerile but then I was a schoolboy and I was allowed to find it funny. I still do, tbh. The "That's Life" parody was spot on. Of its time, as has been noted.

@Torquemada-su1cn 11 ай бұрын

@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 TBF, Mary Whitehouse and the DM hated everything

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 11 ай бұрын

@@Torquemada-su1cn not at all, they were very targeted. They wanted TV to be like it was when they were young.

@RockinRedRover 2 ай бұрын

For us this was THE highlight of the TV week, so many great sketches, and so many wonderful comic talents. So memorable, especially PC Savage !. Light years better than today's tv rubbish.

@LALakersNornIron Жыл бұрын

Rowan Atkinson as Marc Almond was absolutely hilarious

@Senna-xi1gr 11 ай бұрын

Yes totally agree 🤣😆🤣😆🏆🇬🇧👍

@SagarNagtilak Жыл бұрын

"This has got NOTHING to do with us ! 😌" .... I hereby pledge to speak this sentence , just like Rowan did, for the rest of my days on this planet .

@banzobeans Жыл бұрын

27:34

@RobMacKendrick 11 ай бұрын

But you have to use the precise intonation. Preferably while wearing polyester.

@danielwilliamson6180 Жыл бұрын

Not the 9 O'Clock News was a brilliant political themed sketch comedy show that was ahead of its time.

@zapkvr0101 11 ай бұрын

No. It wasn't. Neither brilliant nor ahead of its time. It was average. It was of its time.

@whatshisname3304 11 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr0101 it was funny though, you miserable bastard.

@willemslie 11 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr0101 Agreed, but it still shows the flashes of brilliance that its cast went on to fulfill.

@jonallen8346 11 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr0101 Here is me thinking woke feminists were a modern thing. I guess not. 🤣😂🤣

@zapkvr0101 11 ай бұрын

@@willemslie crap

@QuicknStraight 11 ай бұрын

It's been years since I've seen these shows. The humour stand up remarkably well. Great fun!

@stevie-ray2020 11 ай бұрын

Especially that recruiting-drive for the Russian Army! They're dropping down like flies over in Ukraine!

@RobMacKendrick 11 ай бұрын

And then I moved to France and found that they really are as Rowan Atkinson portrayed them. And here I thought he was exaggerating for effect.

@TheTristanmarcus 11 ай бұрын

Rowan Atkinson was genius right from the beginning - superb 😎 Proto-Thin Blue Line towards the end there 😊

@weskal5490 11 ай бұрын

This was and still is one of the greatest comedy sketch shows ever to grace TV.

@MrGman2804 2 ай бұрын

I am now 60 and I still fancy the lovely Pam Connolly. Lucky Billy!

@WisdomQuotesLife-sw3xk Ай бұрын

I still miss the 80s and they'll never make tv like this again. This was a brilliant show.

@benranson8424 2 ай бұрын

Marc Almond at 14:00, just priceless, happy memories of growing up with this stuff at school in the early 80s.

@timrobson2519 11 ай бұрын

Quality !! Great show ! Never missed an episode in the good old days !! X❤

@missliisa7731 Жыл бұрын

I now officially feel old😂😂😂

@atilllathehun1212 11 ай бұрын

What an utterly brilliant show this was. Light years ahead of the shite that passes for 'comedy' these days.

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 11 ай бұрын

The old people didn’t like it though. They complained it was puerile and not funny. Maybe being old affects your sense of humour?

@brianmckenzie6046 11 ай бұрын

The good old days -when men were men and women were women🤣😊

@Edgel-in6bs 11 ай бұрын

Why do people have to be as a default, nasty? Can't you just appreciate something funny (like this) without justifying it by attacking something else? I personally like all comedy.

@atilllathehun1212 11 ай бұрын

@@Edgel-in6bs Each to their own. Modern comedy is by and large terrible but if you like it fair play.

@lilymarinovic1644 9 ай бұрын

and small green furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were small green furry creatures from Alpha Centauri .... 😂

@samharris3612 9 ай бұрын

so brilliant and so under rated, they provided a twig of hope and a grasp at sanity in the mid 80s.

@followtheboat 9 ай бұрын

They were not underrated in the slightest! These guys were superstars.

@mickymack1230 11 ай бұрын

The sketch at 18:49 is hard to believe in that it predicted the ridiculousness of the present day competition to be the most offended for other people!

@johnp515 11 ай бұрын

It didn’t predict anything, it was satirising attitudes that existed even then

@mickymack1230 11 ай бұрын

@@johnp515 if you say so.

@rita8684 3 ай бұрын

Ron miller 😀😀

@user-tx9cy4pt2r 11 ай бұрын

Gawd, this is bringing back memories. The “That’s Life” sketch at 26 minutes.

@johirsty7392 10 ай бұрын

That was the best bit - just brill 😂

@deand681 11 ай бұрын

Whole team was brilliant. Pam was awesome as a woman comedian....she definitely held her own against these guys. Rowan a comedian god. I wasn't old enough to watch most of these shows so put my ear to the bedroom door to hear the audio....still laughed.

@Superdangc Ай бұрын

Lest We forget Mel Smith, thank for the laugh

@dejavoue88 11 ай бұрын

I can remember buying the LP version of this . brilliant

@davedennison7386 Ай бұрын

"...the LP version..."...ha ha yer showing yer age there mate😊

@dejavoue88 Ай бұрын

@@davedennison7386 yeah and I had to put a two pence on the arm so it would play properly

@RickMyBalls 8 ай бұрын

The TV licence bit is so true

@MrDavey2010 Жыл бұрын

Utterly hilarious!

@mf-cv4ve 3 ай бұрын

"We're holding him on a charge of posession of black curly hair and big lips " 😂😂😂

@dickieb2233 2 ай бұрын

Guilty!!!!

@JesusIsKing50 2 ай бұрын

Don’t you mean gwuilty 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@KangoV 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. My favourites are Gerald the Gorilla and the Pythonists sketches.

@CastlesForEyes 11 ай бұрын

Haven't seen any of this since the early 80's, so good to see it as an adult. A lot of it must have went over my head as a kid. Holds up really well.

@michaelcarlisle5403 10 ай бұрын

Rowan had the best “rubber face”😂😂😂

@user-er9cd4uo4s 2 ай бұрын

25 February 2024 "I larfed and larfed" ! The creation of comedic genius. Rowan in his many forms. Mel and Griff ( the darts match). Pam's caricatures. It must be hilarious in the house with "Big Yin". (BTW, in total agreement with the earlier commenter - and I'm 77

@claire-christmas-august73 10 ай бұрын

glorious.. still having a proper giggle in 2-23.! 😉☺️😊😃😆 cheers for sharing.! ✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻

@chrisstone8210 11 ай бұрын

Love it and found it just as funny as I did all those years ago.

@SuchtFaktorHoch10 11 ай бұрын

@01:20 This airline sketch is pure gold.

@CricketEngland 9 ай бұрын

Rowan took his HGV license just so he could actually drive the truck in that song

@lilgreeneyesp637 4 жыл бұрын

Ahh haaaaha. . I used to watch this with my mum , I'm 47 now and still makes me LMAO! !.. nothing like this on TV anymore...SADLY.. omg... That's Life.. hahaha... the dress on pam..n check Mel smith hair...I'm crying laughing at the horses launching people into the water...princess's Anne. ..hahha. . Wdnt it be great..if she launches self into a tree...Haaaahaa . Thankyou ..this video has made my Monday morning. ..

@lesleythornton1811 Жыл бұрын

It's still great, isn't it? The airline food so bad they'd already eaten the other passengers. Forgot how good it was and it was pretty anti-establishment, at the time. Even the name

@ceeemm1901 11 ай бұрын

Can't believe this is over 40 years ago....geez, that went quick!

@lyndasutherland6165 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this, brought back giggly memories!

@WAKE-UP-BRITAIN 11 ай бұрын

I was born in 83 I vaguely remember my parents watching it when I was a boy, I think the treasure for my generation was Only Fools and Horses

@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming 11 ай бұрын

Only Fools started in 80. By the time you could remember it, it had already finished in the series leaving just the Christmas specials.

@cconeafter909 10 ай бұрын

Loved the Billy Connelly sketch.

@neilfurby555 11 ай бұрын

Fabulous comedy, what a team!

@darrinmcneill534 Жыл бұрын

Those guys were class

@FergusWalsh-dz7mq 9 ай бұрын

Crucial essential never to be missed viewing , what would you talk about with your school mates next morning if you missed it. Hahaha Schoolwork ,I think not.

@Rhythmattica 11 ай бұрын

Oh my.. This literally is the greatest hits! Memories!

@mrelano65 2 ай бұрын

Clever and very funny. Loved it back then.

@colinbaker3916 Ай бұрын

Some of Pam’s impressions might not be familiar now. How many remember Judith Hann from Tomorrow’s World (16:00)

@pereldh5741 11 ай бұрын

Pamela’s fantastic

@richardshields1488 11 ай бұрын

I've still got all my not the nine o'clock news albums i might bring out and listen. 😂

@davedennison7386 4 ай бұрын

...old school....very nice...I vaguely remember the book..

@LeeGee 10 ай бұрын

Blimey: the 'Stout' sketch is actually happening now.

@markkennard861 Ай бұрын

The forced feeding of skinny..

@Nedchilvs Ай бұрын

The Stoutest sketch? What a parody of every second serious debate in 2024!

@66meikou 11 ай бұрын

I loved this show back in the day but it wouldn't get on the air today. Times have changed, I've changed. Still funny though. I like truckin is a classic!

@jakethekipper 11 ай бұрын

And I like to truck.

@sexynelson100 11 ай бұрын

Thank You George Pollen for posting this.. Love it. Nuff memories

@andrewnorth170 11 ай бұрын

How can you not like this, its hilarious 😆

@roderickthered4981 11 ай бұрын

It depends on your taste. I cannot bear it, even after the 1st lame joke with the canned laughter. My cup of tea was spaced...no canned laughter, and I could choose whats funny :)

@carolynellis387 11 ай бұрын

Loved Mel Smith, taken too soon ❤

@ripsuploads 9 ай бұрын

btw john watch those cracks on the pavement.... i remember not walking on them for years lol

@Faladaena 11 ай бұрын

*_"Marc Almond"_* LMAO... I loooved Tainted Love, with a passion! Eurythmics, Yazoo... I could go on for an hour about everything awesome in the 80s!

@user-yc5um2pl5v 11 ай бұрын

Mark was deeply hurt about this depiction, by the way.

@Faladaena 11 ай бұрын

@@user-yc5um2pl5v *Seriously?* Aww... bless, fragile little petal!😄

@user-yc5um2pl5v 11 ай бұрын

@@Faladaena He wrote quite a bit about it in his memoir "Tainted life", it apparently caused him some long-term distress. He was already uneasy with success, after that bit aired he started hating it☺

@Faladaena 10 ай бұрын

@@user-yc5um2pl5v Good grief! LOL...

@user-lo5qm5tu8m 3 ай бұрын

The Smiths were the greatest thing from the 80's and like this show still relevant today❤❤😂

@jakethekipper 11 ай бұрын

RIP Mel Smith ❤

@SlothLinn 22 күн бұрын

It's amazing how long it took me to realize the futility of the deaf person knowing when the phone rang... o-O

@mandynewey7215 Ай бұрын

Hilarious! Love seeing them all so young, irreverant, funny.

@ggmtv1394 Ай бұрын

Brilliant - real quality writing and delivery.

@MelissaWalker-xb9hp 9 ай бұрын

Mel Smith died too soon 😔 R.I.P ❤

@didulca Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this - I enjoyed it very much!

@Raven-Claws88 9 ай бұрын

Such accurate and prescient satire of the Met Police, that is still current in 2023!

@Faladaena 11 ай бұрын

Good times!😆 And suddenly I'm on the wrong side of 40...😐🤔🥺

@kitemanmusic Ай бұрын

This was when you could laugh at things you can't laugh at now!

@MrTumshie 11 ай бұрын

I had forgotten just how funny this programme was. A couple of bits that haven't aged well and I can't remember any reason they'd be having a go at Marc Almond but overall this still stands up well for me and I am now off to see if I can find some more episodes. Thanks for uploading this!

@RobMacKendrick 11 ай бұрын

Because they basically had a go at everybody sooner or later. At some point they must've realised Marc had slipped by.

@mattelliottmusic 9 ай бұрын

Yeah I thought the same. Was Almond busted lip syncing? I don't think so. Hope he didn't take it too harshly.

@davedennison7386 4 ай бұрын

..apart from Chris Langham....

@user-es5us5vr7t 4 жыл бұрын

Pamela Stephenson was absolutely gorgeous. When I heard billy Connolly was dating her I thought you’ve knocked it of there big man.

@gregghill2059 2 жыл бұрын

Pity that the US didn't know what to do with her. Maybe that's why she quit the business.

@tman5634 Жыл бұрын

Some people need glasses, but aren't aware they do.

@7ebr830 Жыл бұрын

@@tman5634 No, you had to be there. She had a rocking body, and when made up just right, such as on photo shoots, she really was easy to look at. Watching this video today, I can understand your scepticism, but you'll have to take our word for it that she was smoking hot when NT NON was all the rage.

@keepgoing1973 11 ай бұрын

Are you blind?? She looks ridiculous

@kramnam4716 11 ай бұрын

She’s still beautiful

@nula370 4 ай бұрын

Stout... repackaged as fatphobia. How utterly predictive! This is so funny though, because jokes in the 80s are our "lived experience" now. It's amazing.🤣🤣

@bobwallacejnr6852 11 ай бұрын

Put this back on telly to watch the offended explode

@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 11 ай бұрын

I think Mary whitehouse is dead now

@5gx673 4 ай бұрын

Oh I love this, including the music ❤ thank you

@bamboo59.52 10 ай бұрын

Even Smith and Jones is still hilarious today 😁

@Yellow_Fox 9 ай бұрын

I've seen this for the first time. Incredibly funny, so talented guys. And Atkinson ❤❤❤

@vandolmatzis8146 11 ай бұрын

This comedy kinda lingers..thanks for posting.

@davidwhelan1545 11 ай бұрын

Bring this humour back.

@gregsullivan7408 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely fantastic show. Atkinson is my no 1 comedian of all time

@VinDieselS70 9 ай бұрын

I remember seeing this on telly and my word, it could have been today as nothing has really changed. Even had social media on that flight and the toilet sign. The need to know everything Hahaha

@fanficfan8599 10 ай бұрын

I love British comedies... how have I never heard of this.

@lauriecook2399 8 ай бұрын

if you like this you will probably like Monty Python's flying circus - very similar in the madcap humor department 😂

@fanficfan8599 8 ай бұрын

@@lauriecook2399 that's what started my love for British humor... I remember my parents watching VHS copies of the show that my dad had mailed over from Europe from a friend he meet in the Air Force...lol... This is way way before streaming...lol

@user-jh6cg2rx6n 3 ай бұрын

If you knew who they were taking the Micky out of absolutely spit double.makes it even funnier...😂😂😂😂

@joshuared1000 10 ай бұрын

OMG!! This is amazing!!! Well done!

@patagualianmostly7437 11 ай бұрын

Wow! I had forgotten how good this show was........I missed most of it as I was abroad mostly.... This is catch-up I guess..... Miss Mel Smith though..... Brilliant.

@pepsitwsit 4 ай бұрын

Can't believe how sensitive we've become that you had to censor the scene where they run over a 🧸 hedgehog. Ridiculous.

@julianryll755 11 ай бұрын

GREAT SHOW !

@dee4174 4 ай бұрын

Loved this at the time.

@freedomofspeech2238 4 ай бұрын

Had a laugh like it has been so long the last time. Thanks for sharing :P

@Teeveepicksures 11 ай бұрын

I'll never forget Mel Smith as the hotel proprietor in European Vacation 😂

@g8xft 10 ай бұрын

Amazing how many of these I remember

@darrensmith6999 11 ай бұрын

God this takes me back to being 15 again (:

@SexyDressedLady 9 ай бұрын

I once made someone laugh with an amazingly well told joke! She couldn't stop laughing for 4 hours and I had to take her into A and E where she was hospitalised for 6 months without any jokes at all being told to her. She eventually recovered but then accidentally went to a Bernhard Manning show and well she died 12 seconds into it!