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Season 16 episodes · 1994
Episode 1 · 19 Jan 1994 · 21:00 · 30 min
The First
Current affairs spoof set in a news studio, featuring sports commentator Alan Partridge and US reporter Barbara Wintergreen. Prince Charles volunteers to spend time in Brixton prison, an Elvis fan on Death Row plans to die like the King, and there's a report about bullying vicars.
Episode 2 · 26 Jan 1994 · 21:00 · 30 min
Big Report
Series poking fun at the world of news reporting, featuring fictional journalist Peter O'Hanrahanrahan. The junior minister for health resigns, actor Marlon Brando is sold at auction, and Alan Partridge covers the racing from Marple.
Episode 3 · 2 Feb 1994 · 21:00 · 30 min
Meganews
A satirical take on TV news reporting. Wild horses cause problems on the London Underground, the BBC replaces the Nine O'Clock News with a soap set in a bureau de change, and the monarch and the prime minister come to blows.
Episode 4 · 9 Feb 1994 · 21:00 · 30 min
Stretchcast
Current affairs spoof starring Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, David Schneider, Rebecca Front & Doon Mackichan.
Episode 5 · 16 Feb 1994 · 21:00 · 30 min
News
Series satirising television's treatment of current affairs. The economy is thrown into chaos when the pound gets stolen, Alan Partridge meets a female rally driver, and homeless people in London get clamped.
Episode 6 · 23 Feb 1994 · 21:00 · 30 min
Factgasm
A satirical take on the world of TV news reporting. Commuters go mad when their train gets stuck on the line for two days, the public air their complaints on 'Speak Your Brains' and Alan Partridge is an unwilling participant in a demonstration of self-defence techniques.
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