Not the Nine O'Clock News — Specials

01 Unbroadcast Pilot

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As every comedy schoolboy should know by now, the Not The Nine O'Clock News "pilot" is something of a misnomer. It was in fact originally intended as the first show of what would have been their first series, recorded on the 31st of March 1979 and scheduled for broadcast on BBC2 on the 2nd of April 1979, but pulled at the eleventh hour due to elections.

02 Not The Least Of Not The Nine O'Clock News

Dec 28, 1979

Highlights from the first series.

03 The Best of Not the Nine O'Clock News

Sep 9, 198030m

04 Twenty-Five Years of Not the Nine O'clock News

Sep 16, 198030m

05 Not the Lot of Not the Nine O'Clock News

Sep 23, 1980

06 Not the Nine O'Clock News Christmas

Dec 30, 1980

07 Not Another Not the Nine O'Clock News

Oct 9, 1981

08 An Eighth Chance to See Not the Nine O'Clock News

Oct 16, 1981

09 Last of the Summer Repeats

Oct 23, 1981

10 Not the World Cup

Jun 19, 1983

11 Not the Nine O'Clock News (1)

Sep 7, 1983

The first of three programmes re-edited, reorganised, once more as re-edits and now repeated as compilations; entitled ... Not the Nine O'Clock News, providing another opportunity to savour the delights offered by that award-winning team

12 Not the Nine O'Clock News (2)

Sep 14, 1983

The second of three programmes re-edited, reorganised once more as re-edits and now repeated as compilations entitled ... Not the Nine O'Clock News. Providing another opportunity to savour the delights offered by that award-winning team.

13 Not the Nine O'Clock News (3)

Sep 28, 1983

The third of three programmes re-edited, re-organised once more as re-edits and now repeated as compilations; entitled.... Not the Nine O'Clock News. Providing another opportunity to savour the delights offered by that award-winning team.

14 NOT 1

Oct 27, 199525m

Episode 1 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include: The Dart Players Question Time The Gorilla News Interview And the cast sing Bouncing

15 NOT 2

Nov 3, 199525m

Episode 2 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include: Game For a Laugh Because I'm Wet And Lonley A Come In Rawlinson Hand built By Roberts This week's song is Baronet Oswald Ernold Moseley

16 NOT 3

Nov 10, 199525m

Episode 3 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include: Riot Police The Devil: Is He All Bad? Public Toilet

17 NOT 4

Nov 17, 199525m

Episode 4 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include: Lead Poisoning Sexism Discussion Hi-Fi Shop Soccer Violence General Synod's Life Of Python Preacher Unemployment

18 NOT 5

Nov 24, 199525m

Episode 5 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include: Job Creation Scheme / Late Abortion / Not The Parrot Sketch

19 NOT 6

Dec 1, 199525m

Episode 6 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include: Sex Shop / I Like Trucking

20 NOT 7

Dec 8, 199525m

Episode 7 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include: Silly trousers / Licence fee

21 NOT 8

Dec 15, 199525m

Episode 8 of the best-of collection of Not the 9 O'Clock News. Sketches include:

22 The Not the Nine O'Clock News Story

Jul 17, 1999

23 Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

Dec 28, 2009

The inside story of the anarchic comedy sketch show, which ran on BBC Two from 1979 to 1982, and launched the careers of Rowan Atkinson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith and Pamela Stephenson, as well as writers including Richard Curtis, Andy Hamilton and Clive Anderson. This documentary reveals how the series first came about, looks at the casting of the four main players and the dynamic of the team, as well as recalling the show's key moments, its impact at the time and its legacy. Featuring interviews with Smith, Jones, Stephenson and Curtis, as well as celebrity fans including Billy Connolly and Dara O Briain