The Reunion - The Day Today

THE REUNION - THE DAY TODAY (320kbs-m4a/94mb/41mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th August 2021

Kirsty Wark brings together the cast of comedy show The Day Today. First broadcast in 1994, this six-part series savaged the business of TV news.

Coming off the back of the hugely successful and award-winning Radio 4 comedy On the Hour, Armando Iannucci, Chris Morris and cast brought their characters into the living rooms of millions. There was hapless sports reporter Alan Partridge, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan, Rosy May and the eponymous newsreader and host Chris Morris.

Satirising the form of news presentation, with a groundbreaking use of comedic graphics and music that always went on slightly too long, the joke was always on the pomposity of news and how it was presented.

Armando Iannucci, co-creator (with Chris Morris) and series producer, came up with the concept while on a BBC training course.

Patrick Marber played hapless reporter Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan among other characters.

David Schneider, who was in a double act at university with Armando, contrived the very first early demos and was a regular cast member throughout.

Steve Coogan was drafted in after the initial pilot for On The Hour to help create a realistic sports reporter, who later morphed into Alan Partridge.

Doon Mackichan played multiple characters in The Day Today, as well as shows that followed, such as Brass Eye and Alan Partridge.

Presenter: Kirsty Wark
Producer: Simon Jarvis

Series Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

Chris Morris - Breezeblock Mix 2000

CHRIS MORRIS - BREEZEBLOCK 06.11.2000 (320kbs/50mb/22mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 6th November 2000

David Holmes - Live From The Peppermint Store [Go Beat]
David Holmes (Feat. Bobby Gillespie) - Sick City
Up, Bustle And Out - Los Locos Cubanos (Snowboy Mix) [Ninja Tune]
Aimee Mann - Wise Up [Reprise]
Fridge - Cut Up Piano & Xylophone [Universal]
Amon Tobin (Feat. Chris Morris) - Bad Sex [Ninja Tune]
Beck - Motherfucker [Geffen]
Chris Morris - Moyles Sting [Warp]

Thanx to Cook'd and Bomb'd

On The Hour - Series 2

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 2 (320kbs-m4a/385mb/2hrs48mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th December 2019 to 3rd February 2020

All the news as it happens, if it happens from the BBC's urgent and incisive news overview.

Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.

With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.

Written by Chris Morris, Armando Iannucci, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, David Quantick, Stewart Lee and Patrick Marber.

Producer: Armando lannucci

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April/May 1992.

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 2 - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 30th December 2019

Pre-natal beauty therapy, DNA shocker – and a special report on sumo wrestlers.

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 2 - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th January 2020

Alan Partridge is at the Olympics. Barbara Wintergreen is in America.

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 2 - EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 13th January 2020

The Tube system goes berserk, an earthquake in Corinth and the anniversary of space.

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 2 - EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 20th January 2020

Reports of a right royal shocker, plus Alan Partridge with all the sport.

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 2 - EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 27th January 2020

Ireland hits the headlines as the programme ransacks the archives to celebrate its 33rd birthday.

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 2 - EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 3rd February 2020

An outside broadcast goes down and a bluebottle rampages across Essex.

Chris Morris - Breezeblock Mix 2001

CHRIS MORRIS - BREEZEBLOCK 02.07.01 (REPEAT FROM 11.12.00) (320kbs/59mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 2nd July 2001 (Repeat from 11th December 2000)

Elixir - March Of The Osiris [White Label]
Sly And The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song [Epic]
Plaid - Scoobs [Warp]
Peter Wyngarde - Rape [White Label]
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker [Atlantic]
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 2 Kindsa Love [Mute]
Étienne de Crécy - 3 Day Weekend [XL Recordings]
Lemon Jelly - His Majesty King Raam [XL Recordings]
Matt Elliott Vs. Chris Morris - Push Off My Wire [Domino]
Cannibal Holocaust - Theme Tune [White Label]
Red Snapper - Some Kind Of Kink [Warp]
Cabbageboy - Departure [Ninja Tune]
Chris Morris & Adrian Sutton - Blue Jam Jingle [White Label]

On The Hour - Series 1

ON THE HOUR - SERIES 1 (320kbs-m4a/296mb/2hrs9mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th October to 25th November 2018

All the news as it happens, if it happens.

Plus all the sport from Alan Partridge.

Savagely satirical award-winning comedy starring Chris Morris.

With Steve Coogan, David Schneider, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber and Doon Mackichan.

Written by Chris Morris, Richard Herring, Steven Wells, Andrew Glover, David Quantick and Stewart Lee.

Editor: Armando lannucci.

ON THE HOUR SERIES 1 - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/56mb/24mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th October 2018

From disasters and corruption to beachcombing and medical mayhem.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.

ON THE HOUR SERIES 1 - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/56mb/24mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th November 2018

Tackling dangerous dogs, TV evangelism probe - and a surprising new role for Margaret Thatcher.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.

ON THE HOUR SERIES 1 - EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/56mb/24mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th November 2018

Campaigning to tighten the letter of the law, and war is declared.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.

ON THE HOUR SERIES 1 - EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th November 2018

Why cream maybe good for you - and another motorway goes missing...

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1991.

ON THE HOUR SERIES 1 - EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th November 2018

The latest on the 'Penelope Keith riots', and just 38 weeks to Wimbledon.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1991.

Unpopped: Chris Morris And The Darkness Of Comedy

UNPOPPED: CHRIS MORRIS AND THE DARKNESS OF COMEDY (320kbs-m4a/104mb/45mins)
BBC Radio podcast: 19th March 2018

Dubbed by one newspaper as ‘the most hated man in Britain’, comedian Chris Morris has always walked a fine line between biting satire and controversy. From his earliest days in local radio, allegedly engaging in stunts that led to his dismissal, to mocking radio and television news structures in On The Hour and The Day Today and skewering moral panics in Brass Eye - Morris has both delighted and appalled critics while gathering a dedicated legion of fans.

Comedic experiments such as Nathan Barley and Blue Jam saw him tinker with the very essence of comedy while his first feature film, Four Lions, dealt with the unlikely subject of domestic terrorism. Some see him as a ‘comedy god’ while others view him as a menace. But what drives Chris Morris to make comedy, who is he making it for and what is he trying to change, if anything?

Host: Hayley Campbell. Producer: Dale Shaw.

Blue Jam: Series 3 - Episode 6

BLUE JAM: SERIES 3 - EPISODE 6 (320kbs-m4a/138mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd December 2016

Cult dark comedy from the imagination of Chris Morris. With Julia Davis, Amelia Bullmore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 25th February 1999.

"The Last One..."
Blue Jam Intro: oo huxterpaz welcome
Speedking Hawking (Boom Boom Satellites - Track 10)
Beta Band - Inner Meet Me
Scuba-diving In A Puddle
Doc Dwarf (Mercury Rev - Pick)
Underworld - Bruce Lee
Goodier Sting 3
First Floor Suicide (Sade - I Will Be Your Friend)
Bad Sex 4 (Lowrell - Mellow Mellow Right On)
Bad Sex 4, Part 2
The Roots - You Got Me
Decapitation Art (Susumu Yokota - Track 4)
Black Star Liner - Superfly And Bindi
Greening Sting
Bowie’s Romantic Dinners (The Lance Gambit Trio - Cocktail 2000)
PJ Harvey - The River
Harbouring Idiots (Spacer - Track 4)
Mr Bentham - Parking Club (Language Lab - Track 2)
The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind
Pistols
Knocked Down (Alpha - Firefly)
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Horse Music (Lisa Germano - Wood Floors)
Blue Jam Outro

Blue Jam: Series 3 - Episode 5

BLUE JAM: SERIES 3 - EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th November 2016

Cult dark comedy from the imagination of Chris Morris. With Julia Davis, Amelia Bullmore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 18th February 1999.

"A distraught woman manages to bribe the plumber to try and fix her dead baby"
Blue Jam Intro: al trang un sabers welcome
Adulterous Rape (Ruben Alpha - Lunar)
Madder Rose - My Star
Hiding Under The Furniture (Laurent Garnier - Deep Sea Diving)
Beck - Dead Melodies
Monologue: Suzy’s Wedding (Ganger - Blau, Talvin Singh - Disser/Point.Mento.B, Talvin Singh - Vikram The Vampire, Loop Whale - Track 1)
Dramatics - What U See/Get
Goodier Sting
Doc Phone Sex (9Lazy9 - Journeyman)
The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
Michael Alexander St John: List Of Cool (Ballistic Brothers - Uschi’s Groove)
Red Snapper - Seeing Red
Moyles Sting
Mr Bentham - Wallet (Artist Unknown - Healing Place)
Sons Of Silence - A Grain Of Sand
Lesbians (Etienne Daho - Track 4)
Jad Fair & Yo La Tengo - Helpful Monkey Wallpapers Entire Home
Blue Jam Outro

Blue Jam: Series 3 - Episode 4

BLUE JAM: SERIES 3 - EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/136mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th November 2016

Cult dark comedy from the imagination of Chris Morris. With Julia Davis, Amelia Bullmore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 11th February 1999.

"Hear The Poor Sods Suffer While The Music Plays A Beauty Mash"

Blue Jam Intro: har com plusiam bezhley welcome

Doc Pain (Howie B - Music For Babies)

Scritti Politti - The Sweetest Girl

Goodier Sting 2: Baby

A Bottom In His Trousers (Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2 CD1 Track 7)

Moloko - Inside

House Wheel (Nicola Alesini, Fabio Capanni, Roedelius - Roedelius)

Mercury Rev - Tonite It Shows

Mayo Sting 3

Pro-Thick Agency (DJ Vadim - London Feel Or Mood)

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Lovin’ Machine

Open Abdominal Therapy (Funki Porcini - Tiny Kangeroo Dolphin, Funki Porcini - Long Road)

Doris - Did You Give The World Some Love Today, Baby

Lamacq Sting

Unemployed Welshmen - A Glass Of Water (Windy & Carl - I Dream Of Blue)

The Beloved - Sweet Harmony

Funki Porcini - Surge

Doc Results (Artist Unknown - A Fly Over Bombay)

Broadcast - Booklovers

Doc Results 2

Blue Jam Outro

Blue Jam: Series 3 - Episode 3

BLUE JAM: SERIES 3 - EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th November 2016

Chris Morris, Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, David Cann, Mark Heap and Amelia Bullmore.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 4th February 1999.

"Bleeding Head Ragout With Music"
Blue Jam Intro: oo costrinsi welcome
Doc Billy Connolly (Roy Budd - Carter Takes A Train)
Eels - 3 Speed
Ball Sting
Zombie Baby (Funki Porcini - The Afterlife, Frederic Galliano - Multiples)
Herbert - So Now
Monologue: Cigarettes (Choc Weazel - Unknown, Spacer - Duke’s House, 9Lazy9 - Electric Lazyland)
Beck - We Live Again
Greening Sting
Raspberries
Brigit Bardot & Alain Goraguer & His Orchestra - Un Jour Comme Un Autre
Starting Conversations (Amon Tobin - Nova)
The Passions - I’m In Love With A German Film Star
Goodier Sting 3
Small Hoover (Alpha - Something Later)
PJ Harvey - The Wind
Lamacq Sting
Beethoven (Rae & Christian - The Hush)
Kristin Hersh - What’ll We Do With The Baby
Blue Jam Outro

Blue Jam: Series 3 - Episode 2

BLUE JAM: SERIES 3 - EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th November 2016

Cult dark comedy from the imagination of Chris Morris. With Julia Davis, Amelia Bullmore and Kevin Eldon. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 28th January 1999.

"Supermonged Balm"
Blue Jam Intro: ar uh h-hm-hm-hmu welcome
Please, Just Bring Him Back (Low - Down)
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Pretty Much An Assault (Michael Brook - Earth Floor)
Esthero - That Girl
Ugly Weirdo Policy
Office Worker
Mayo Sting
Doc Blindfold (Clifford Gilberto - Restless)
Mica - Carefree
Michael Alexander St John: Dance News (9Lazy9 - Brothers Of The Red)
Hobbs Sting
The Egg - Getting Away With It
Fixit Girl - A Squirrel In A Dress (Grooverider - C Funk)
Moloko - Caught In A Whisper
Moyles Sting
Baby Plumber (Howie B - Shag, Lisa Germano - Reptile)
Tipsy - Space Golf
Third Eye Foundation - For All The Brothers & Sisters
Lunchtime
Lambchop - The Saturday Option
Blue Jam Outro

Blue Jam: Series 3 - Episode 1

BLUE JAM: SERIES 3 - EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th October 2016

The mind of Chris Morris leaks onto radio in this dreamlike combination of comedy and music. With Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Sally Phillips and Mark Heap.

Are you still lying curare-still, seeking relief in feigning dead? Then welcome, oo-tazz welcome. Chris Morris is here to help you wallow in the melancholy, for third and final series of this subversive radio classic.

Immediately prior to Blue Jam's initial burst on radio, Chris Morris had caused a furore with Channel 4's Brass Eye. Yet Blue Jam managed to be a total departure from his previous work. Originally airing in the early hours on BBC Radio 1, it's a blend of ambient music, deadpan (sometimes brutal) sketches and offbeat monologues. A whole audio landscape of the subconscious, the ad-hoc low-fi sheen of production lending it a kind of verisimilitude.

In sharp contrast with the personality-led comedies of recent years, Blue Jam makes a virtue of anonymity. Borat scribe Pater Baynham and Father Ted creator Graham Linehan are among the writers. Rightly winning a clutch of Sony Radio Awards, it remains unique - nothing before or after was remotely like it.

Producer: Chris Morris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 21st January 1999.

"Sony Award Winning Mess"
Blue Jam Intro: package holiday welcome
Welsh Foreplay (Kensuke Shina - Lounge Music)
Plone - Plock
Hobbs Sting 2
Competitive Parents (Autechre - Unknown)
Tricky & Alison Goldtrapp - Pumpkin
Monologue: Street Sausage Vendors (Air - Les Professionnels, Howie B - Sore Brown Eyes)
Mercury Rev - Holes
Goodier Sting 2: Baby
Doc Oedipus Complex (Donald Fagen - Karmakyriad)
4Hero - Star Chasers
A Blaze Of Mayhem (Sie - Message From Jupiter)
Beck - Tropicalia
Mayo Sting 3
Urine Transfusions (Amp - When)
Mono - Disney Town
Doc Hides (Baby Mammoth - Cinquante Piquante)
Mr Scruff - Fish
Blue Jam Outro
You Still There?
Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me?

Raw Meat Radio

RAW MEAT RADIO (320kbs-m4a/420mb/3hrs)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd October 2016

Chris Morris is known by most for his ground-breaking film and television work but, like most good things he 'started on the radio'. Described by the man who suspended him from Radio 1 (Matthew Bannister) as 'one of the greatest talents working in British broadcasting', Morris developed his anarchic and surreal style in local radio. It was at BBC Bristol and GLR in the late 80s and early 90s that he honed his trademark technical skills and first adopted some of the sketches and personas that would later help make his name.

He went on to be responsible for some of the most exciting, innovative radio comedy ever made including On The Hour (Radio 4), Why Bother (Radio 3) and Blue Jam (Radio 1). BBC Radio 4 Extra airs a three hour retrospective of his work including material that hasn't been aired since it was first broadcast.

From his local radio days to On the Hour, Why Bother and Blue Jam, Raw Meat Radio is presented by Mary Anne Hobbs (Morris' last radio outing was a guest DJ slot on her Radio 1 show: The Breezeblock) and features original interviews with Armando Iannucci, Matthew Bannister, Peter Baynham, David Quantick, Paul Garner, Adrian Sutton and Lucian Randall.

Produced by Sophie Black.