The Day Today - Season 1 Episode 5 Magnifevent
Features reports on the British Pound being stolen, the plummeting ratings of The Bureau, the clamping of the homeless in London, a reminiscence of events in 1944, government ministers contracting a disease that inhibits reading, and the trade agreement and subsequent war between Australia and Hong Kong. Also features Barbara Wintergreen reporting on Chapman Baxter being executed by the reanimated corpse of his last victim, and Alan Partridge riding with a female rally driver.
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: BBC Two
- Keyword: surreal, satire, parody, current affairs
- Cast: Chris Morris, Patrick Marber, Doon Mackichan, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, David Schneider