On the Hour

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On the Hour is a British satirical radio news programme that parodies current affairs broadcasting with surreal and darkly comic sketches.

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On the Hour canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British radio programme ⓘ
radio comedy ⓘ
satirical radio programme ⓘ
basedOn format later adapted for television as The Day Today ⓘ
broadcastOn radio ⓘ
characterIntroduced Alan Partridge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Armando Iannucci ⓘ
endTime 1992 ⓘ
firstBroadcastOn BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
followedBy The Day Today ⓘ
format radio news parody ⓘ
genre news parody ⓘ
radio comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasFeature dark comedy ⓘ
fake interviews ⓘ
mock current affairs reports ⓘ
spoof news bulletins ⓘ
surreal sketches ⓘ
hasSubject current affairs ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
news media ⓘ
politics ⓘ
influenced The Day Today ⓘ
medium audio ⓘ
notableFor innovative satirical treatment of news broadcasting ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 12 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredAs half-hour episodes ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
parodies current affairs broadcasting ⓘ
producer BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
spinOff The Day Today ⓘ
starred Chris Morris ⓘ
David Schneider ⓘ
Doon Mackichan ⓘ
Patrick Marber ⓘ
Rebecca Front ⓘ
Steve Coogan ⓘ
startTime 1991 ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ
surreal ⓘ
writer Armando Iannucci ⓘ
Chris Morris ⓘ
David Quantick ⓘ
Richard Herring ⓘ
Steven Wells ⓘ
Stewart Lee ⓘ

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Chris Morris → notableWork → On the Hour ⓘ
The Day Today → basedOn → On the Hour ⓘ
The Day Today → precededBy → On the Hour ⓘ
Alan Partridge → firstAppearanceIn → On the Hour ⓘ
Alan Partridge → appearsIn → On the Hour ⓘ