The Saturday Night Armistice (1995)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 24 episodes

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British comedy show that looks back at the week's news with sketches, studio chats, and oddball stunts. It is presented by Armando Iannucci along with Peter Baynham and David Schneider.

sillywittyfast-pacedirreverentplayfulsurrealdeadpan

What happens

The Saturday Night Armistice (later The Friday Night Armistice, plus the one-off The Election Night Armistice) is a British satirical television comedy programme presented by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider that ran from 24 June 1995 to 1 January 1999. The programme took an irreverent and often surreal look back at topical events, and featured studio discussions, sketches and setups. Like many 1990s British comedy series it included appearances and writing contributions by a large number of UK comedians including amongst others Arthur Mathews, Graham Linehan, Simon Pegg, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Kevin Eldon, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Danny Erskine, Omid Djalili, Al Murray, Ben Moor, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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