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The Saturday Night Armistice

Season 2 1996 - 1998

  • 1996-06-13T23:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 30m
  • 4h 30m (9 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, David Schneider carried on where they left off on the Day Today. There was no Chris Morris now, well at least not credited, but they took hold of the mantle well. At first glance it was an ordinary BBC2 sketch show. It didn't take long for the surrealism… More and absurdity of their earlier work on the Day Today to creep in. 'Spot the Old Woman' a regular skit wherby viewers were challenged to spot the old lady planted in the audeince of another show or piece of news footage, Newsnight, Kilroy, Question Time etc.. There was the puppet of Tony Blair that travelled the country. Then there was them digging up the Blue Peter time capsule and replacing the contents with porn, or draping the BBC headquarters with a 'Vote Conservative' banner. The schedules eventually forced the show to Friday night, and the Friday Night Amistice, with the Saturday night repeat being Last Friday Night's Amistice. There were a couple of specials, two Christmas and an Election 1997 show where they had a accopello choir singing the tunes of famous news shows over the years. Strange but never dull the show was last aired in 1999 for a New Year Special.

9 episodes

Season Premiere

1996-06-13T23:00:00Z

2x01 Episode 8

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 8

  • 1996-06-13T23:00:00Z30m

Satirical comedy. Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams calls Live and Kicking, while Sue Perkins and Al Murray take a gang of adults out on the streets to give teenagers a taste of their own medicine.

1996-06-20T23:00:00Z

2x02 Episode 9

2x02 Episode 9

  • 1996-06-20T23:00:00Z30m

David goes on a course to learn about marriage, Michael Howard gets put in prison, we spy in on the England football team during the Euro '96 championships and Armando meets the man who does the drums for the end of Eastenders.

1996-06-27T23:00:00Z

2x03 Episode 10

2x03 Episode 10

  • 1996-06-27T23:00:00Z30m

Satirical comedy. Dogs take over running the show, there's a look at the voting booth of the future and, with the nation gripped by football fever, the trio run riot in the empty streets.

1996-07-04T23:00:00Z

2x04 Episode 11

2x04 Episode 11

  • 1996-07-04T23:00:00Z30m

Topical satire. The trio count down the days to the general election with a special advent calendar and scientists take drastic measures to beat the drought.

1996-07-11T23:00:00Z

2x05 Episode 12

2x05 Episode 12

  • 1996-07-11T23:00:00Z30m

Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider rummage around in the week's news. The trio give the audience their take on MPs awarding themselves a pay rise.

1996-07-18T23:00:00Z

2x06 Episode 13

2x06 Episode 13

  • 1996-07-18T23:00:00Z30m

Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider create topical mayhem. Featuring a guide to royal relationships, some unusual new Olympic events, plus management training with Eric Bristow

2x07 The Election Night Armistice

  • 1997-04-30T23:00:00Z30m

The team behind the satirical comedy series
Friday Night Armistice host a live three-hour special, combining election results with comedy.

The programme, presented by Armando lannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider, also features celebrities, music from pop band the Lightning Seeds and a giant indoor firework display. With Alan Partridge (alias Steve Coogan). Tony Robinson and Valerie Singleton.

1997-12-29T00:00:00Z

2x08 The Christmas Armistice

2x08 The Christmas Armistice

  • 1997-12-29T00:00:00Z30m

The first of two seasonal episodes of the satire show.

Highlights include OJ Simpson signing a confession, the military wing of the Labour Party and a roving Scandal in a Helicopter.

Season Finale

1998-01-02T00:00:00Z

2x09 The Armistice Party Bucket

Season Finale

2x09 The Armistice Party Bucket

  • 1998-01-02T00:00:00Z30m

The best of the award-winning satire show, with the sabotage of the Blue Peter time capsule and an insight into the private lives of Wallace and Gromit.

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