NTNOCN: "Closedown" (1980)

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Back in the days before TV went 24 hour, the main UK TV channels (BBC1 and ITV) ended just around midnight with the national anthem, but just before that was a programme called something like "Epilogue" or "Late Call" in which a minor religious figure would do their final "In a way, this is really all about God" type thought for the day. One of Richard Curtis' most famous "Not The Nine O'Clock News" sketches recreates this lost TV fixture (Featuring L-R: Griff Rhys Jones, Pamela Stephenson, Mel Smith and Rowan Atkinson), but not in the way the original makers might have intended...

Channel: Comedy
Uploaded: April 27, 2006 at 1:49 am
Author: alephnaughtpix

Length: 0:01:50
Rating: 4.91
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noellewalsh7 (Monday 17th of November 2008 05:37:15 PM)
hehehehehehehehe still pee myself laughing every time I see this! Rowan Atkinson is fab!!!!
andrewscottuk (Sunday 16th of November 2008 01:53:45 PM)
rowan atkinson was too funny in this one
Hornet85 (Sunday 12th of October 2008 11:52:32 AM)
Rowan was amazing, even when he's doing a show with others, you can see that he stands out, and is unique
warwolf4215 (Thursday 18th of September 2008 04:37:12 PM)
Genius
RowanAtkinsonBean (Wednesday 9th of July 2008 08:57:47 PM)
Rowan Atkinson is so funny!
thesteveus (Thursday 12th of June 2008 03:56:25 PM)
Yeah that was a great sketch.... Bob? have you seen Bob's torque wrench?? Nah Bob, has Bob got it??? "Handbuilt by Roberts"
jumpingqi (Thursday 15th of May 2008 10:50:18 AM)
Thank you thank you thank you... Saw this once in 1980 and have been longing to see it again ever since. It has aged like a fine claret.
JeffreyBeanJr (Thursday 17th of April 2008 12:39:06 AM)
What was he saying?
lelvish1 (Sunday 28th of September 2008 11:37:35 AM)
Lol. Basically the sketch is saying that religious verse is all complete nonsense as rowan is spaeking utter nonsense!.
rugbygamer (Sunday 5th of October 2008 04:10:27 AM)
Im pretty sure i heard once that this sketch was made to satire bbc's plans to have either some programmes or some parts of programmes to be broadcast in welsh ..... i may be wrong though (and i mean no offence to any welshmen reading this)