Not The Nine O'Clock News

Not The Nine O'Clock News was a ground-breaking comedy television programme shown on the BBC broadcast from 1979 to 1982.

Commercial releases

Video and DVD

Two highly-edited videos of the show, entitled Nice Video, Shame about the Hedgehog and The Gorilla Kinda Lingers were released in the mid-1990s.

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More recently, in August 2003 the BBC released the first DVD from the series, the originally titled The Best Of Not the Nine O'Clock News — Volume One, which received a follow up Volume Two a year later.

Related Topics:
August 2003 - DVD

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Audio

Three albums were released at the time NTNON was screening, entitled Not the Nine O'Clock News, Hedgehog Sandwich and (The Memory) Kinda Lingers respectively. These albums were very successful, with the first two both reaching the top ten of the UK albums chart, a rare feat for a spoken-word LP.

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The original version of The Memory Kinda Lingers was a double-LP. The second disc is titled Not in Front of the Audience and is a live recording of the cast's stage show. Hedgehog Sandwich and the first disc of The Memory Kinda Lingers are now combined on a BBC double-length cassette.

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BBC - Cassette

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The Ayatollah Song b/w Gob on You was also released as a single.

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Books and Misc

Three books were released to tie in with the series; Not! the Nine O'Clock News, whose cover was a spoof of the short-lived "Now!" magazine, Not the Royal Wedding (the royal wedding in question being the marriage of Charles and Diana), and Not the General Election, a tie in with the 1983 General Election.

Related Topics:
Spoof - Charles - Diana - 1983 General Election

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Finally, two 'page-a-day' tear-off calendars, edited by John Lloyd were released in the early 1980s; Not 1982 and Not 1983.

Related Topics:
John Lloyd - 1980s

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