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Not the Nine O'Clock News

1979–1982BBC TwoComedy

The sketch show that launched Rowan Atkinson and Mel Smith, opening on a parody of the bulletin it was scheduled against.

1 sequence70th most looked up of 151 in the 1970sIMDb ↗

The opening titles

Season 1

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Fan upload of the first series' titles.

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