    the day today is a surreal british parody of television current affairs programmes, broadcast in 1994, and created by the comedians armando iannucci and chris morris. it is an adaptation of the radio programme on the hour, which was broadcast on bbc radio 4 between 1991 and 1992. on the hour was written by morris, iannucci, steven wells, andrew glover, stewart lee, richard herring, david quantick, and the cast. for the day today, peter baynham joined the writing team, and lee and herring were replaced by graham linehan and arthur mathews. the principal cast of on the hour was retained for the day today. the day today is composed of six half-hour episodes and a selection of shorter, five-minute slots recorded as promotion trailers for the longer segments. the six half-hour episodes were originally broadcast from 19 january to 23 february 1994 on bbc2. the day today has won many awards, including morris winning the 1994 british comedy award for best newcomer. all six episodes are available on bbc dvd, having previously been issued on vhs. ==programme format== each episode is presented as a mock news programme, and the episodes rely on a combination of ludicrous fictitious news stories, covered with a serious, pseudo-professional attitude. each episode revolves around one or two major stories, which are pursued throughout the programme, along with a host of other stories usually only briefly referred to. in addition, the programme dips into other channels from time to time, presents clips of fictitious upcoming bbc programmes, and conducts street interviews with members of the public, in a segment titled "speak your brains". thumb|chris morris in the day today the programme frequently comments on other programmes, most often a spoof soap opera called "the bureau", set in a 24-hour bureau de change, incorporating clichÃ©d soap opera-style plots, w
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