This is without a doubt the funniest sketch show ever made, the sketches still remain fresh today, time after time. The quality of acting is superb and being a huge Rowan Atkinson fan i have to say this is some of his finest work, even alongside Mr Bean and Blackadder. Mel Smith also stands out as a fine comic actor as well, look out for the drinking game in the style of a darts match...wonderfully inventive! Rowan Atkinson only has to look at the camera in one of the sketches to make you laugh as his style is so unique it has people in fits of laughter, simply every time he's on screen. An absolute comic genius in a cutting edge comical sketch show!

This show was so funny. I especially liked the toilet sketch involving the assistant and the weird bloke trying to design a bathroom for the weird bloke and all he ever puts in it is a toilet. that was the best sketch ever. De niro 2001, you really need to lighten up, not all the sketches involved plane crashes. Only about 2 or 3 did. the rest of the sketches were just funny things about everyday life. The humour isn't in the plane crash, it's how they edited together two completely different news stories and made them look relevent. People weren't sitting at home saying "Hahahaha look at those people on that plane dying". The thing is, if they did have to acknowledge the fact those people died, they would have done it in a funny sketch anyway. like they did when they had complaints about a (stuffed) hedgehog being run over. for god sake it was stuffed. they didn't ask the local nature reserve for a fresh hedgehog to run over but anyway they then did an apology the following week involving them saying "We probably exibited less pain to hedgehogs per-say than whoever it is who goes around stuffing them". Anyway, sorry about all this writing but this show was just great and i'll love it forever. Overall 10 out of 10.

Hedgehog sandwiches, kinda lingers, and barry manilow....nothing more classic can be described. funniness times 10. what a great way to spend an evening. grabs hold of you right from the start. Never let go. never.

I have recently been watching the repeats of NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS and I've really enjoyed them. I didn't see them the first time around, but I really enjoy the range of subjects that this comedy show embodies. These include music gags, political humour and a whole lot more! The stars include Rown Atkinson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhyss-Jones and if you are a fan of any of these people I would advise you to check out this show. Very enjoyable with a great cast. 8/10