Not the Nine O'Clock News

Name: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.9

Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979-1982)

Seasons: 4, episodes: 27

Episode runtime: 25 min

Comedy

United Kingdom

BBC Two

Average rating: 7.9/10 3 028

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All about the series

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Premiere

16 October 1979

Last episode

8 March 1982

Status

Completed

Scenario

Rowan Atkinson

Producer

John Lloyd

All team (13)

Short description

Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which introduced Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1	6	1979-10-16	—
Season 2	7	1980-03-31	—
Season 3	8	1980-10-27	—
Season 4	6	1982-02-01	—

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