On the Hour
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On the Hour was a British radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992. Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, Stewart Lee, Richard Herring and David Quantick, On the Hour starred Morris as the overzealous and self-important principal anchor (for which he used his own full name). He was accompanied by a regular cast assembled by Iannucci, comprising Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, Patrick Marber and David Schneider, who portrayed assorted news reporters, presenters and interviewees. On the Hour featured the first appearance of Coogan's character Alan Partridge as the "Sports Desk" reporter.
On the Hour was named "Best Radio Comedy" at the 1992 British Comedy Awards, and it also won the 1992 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Comedy/Light Entertainment. The team subsequently made the television series The Day Today, which retained the same regular cast and several characters.
In 2009, The Quietus wrote that On the Hour "remains one of British broadcast comedy's most dizzying accomplishments."
- Series 1 Episode 1 (33.6Mb)
- Series 1 Episode 2 (33.5Mb)
- Series 1 Episode 3 (33.2Mb)
- Series 1 Episode 4 (32.4Mb)
- Series 1 Episode 5 (32.7Mb)
- Series 2 Episode 1 (26.7Mb)
- Series 2 Episode 2 (31.4Mb)
- Series 2 Episode 3 (31.8Mb)
- Series 2 Episode 4 (31.3Mb)
- Series 2 Episode 5 (35Mb)
- Series 2 Episode 6 (34.3Mb)
MP3 files hosted by archive.org.