On The Hour
On The Hour is a Flarlandian comedy news series. The show had an acid style throughout its run.
Overview[edit | edit source]
Radio[edit | edit source]
On The Hour was first broadcast on Radio National in September 1990. The show's first season had thirteen half-hour episodes and was proven to be successful. The series was surrealist, as many of the fictional news stories of the program suggested.
Television[edit | edit source]
The success of On The Hour led to UWB picking it up for television. Channel 14 got the series in an attempt to boost its image, and had its first episode broadcast on April 15, 1994, shortly after its British equivalent, The Day Today, ended.
The first season had ten episodes. Christopher Cross resumed his role from the radio series.
Format[edit | edit source]
Each episode is presented as a fictional news program, 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 program dips into other channels from time to time, presents clips of fictitious upcoming Channel Thirteen programs, and conducts street interviews with members of the public, in a segment titled "Speak Your Brains".
Notable coverage[edit | edit source]
Characters and segments[edit | edit source]
Episodes[edit | edit source]
Similar series[edit | edit source]
- On The Hour and The Day Today, Nashlandian radio and television series similar in aesthetic
