"Man is only 90% water, but On The Hour is 100% news"
After a sixteen year wait, one of the most highly acclaimed radio programmes of the nineties, featuring a uniquely talented combination of acclaimed comedy writers and actors, will finally be released in 2008.
Writers and cast include:
- Chris Morris (The Day Today, Blue Jam, Brass Eye, My Wrongs #8245 - 8249 & 117, Nathan Barley, The IT Crowd)
- Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, I'm Alan Partridge, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Saturday Night Armistice)
- Steve Coogan (The Day Today, I'm Alan Partridge, Knowing Me Knowing You, Coogan's Run, Saxondale)
- Stewart Lee (Jerry Springer the Opera, Fist of Fun, This Morning with Richard not Judy)
- Richard Herring (Fist of Fun, This Morning with Richard not Judy)
- David Schneider (I'm Alan Partridge, Knowing Me Knowing You, The Saturday Night Armistice)
- Doon Mackichan (Smack the Pony, The Day Today, A Very Social Secretary, Brass Eye)
- and Rebecca Front (The Day Today, Fist of Fun, Big Train, I'm Alan Partridge, Nighty Night)
As well as featuring the first appearance of Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, this hilarious satirical comedy (originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4) formed the basis for TV show 'The Day Today' and was described by the Independent on Sunday as "the most brilliant radio comedy to emerge in the last ten years or more" for its' savage dissection of news and current affairs programming.
On the hour - one
Series 1 of On The Hour comes packaged in a deluxe case-bound book with 4 CDs containing 5 thirty-minute episodes, a Christmas special and the original pilot episode.
CDs released November 24th 2008
or digital available now!
Order 4CD deluxe set from Amazon
Order 4CD deluxe set from Play.com
Order 4CD deluxe set from HMV
Order 8CD Special from HMV
Download now @ iTunes
Download now @ Bleep
On the hour - two
Series 2 of On The Hour comes packaged in a deluxe case-bound book with 4 CDs containing 6 thirty-minute episodes and extras including unheard Alan Partridge improvisation.
CDs released November 24th 2008
or digital available now!
Order 4CD deluxe set from Amazon
Order 4CD deluxe set from Play.com
Order 4CD deluxe set from HMV
Order 8CD Special from HMV
Download now @ iTunes
Download now @ Bleep
