History repeats itself, thankfully, it's all on YouTube

[andrewducker]

Not the Nine-O-Clock News was a satirical show from before some of you were born. A couple of the sketches seem suddenly topical:
Firstly, a Conservative Party Broadcast:

And this, which seems terribly topical considering the Catholic Church in Scotland making loud statements against gay marriage today:

And finally, Rowan Atkinson as a Conservative MP, spliced into a Conservative Party Conference. It could be today. It really could:

Comments

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

Great stuff, thanks Andy.. there's not really anything on in the UK like this any more?

[lpetrazickis.livejournal.com]

Does UK not have a satirical news show? US has at least two (Daily Show, Colbert Report), as does Canada (22 Minutes, Mercer Report).