The 11 O'Clock Show (1998)

Genre

satire

Country

United Kingdom

Length

5 seasons, 142 episodes

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A late-night comedy series that makes fun of the news through sketches and satire. It helped launch the careers of several comedians who later became famous.

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What happens

The 11 O'Clock Show was a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4 which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items. It ran between 30 September 1998 and 8 December 2000, most notably hosted by Iain Lee and Daisy Donovan. The show boosted the careers of the previously little-known Ricky Gervais, Sacha Baron Cohen (in character as Ali G), Jimmy Carr, and Mackenzie Crook. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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