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Developed by
  
Talkback

No. of seasons
  
5

Running time
  
30–35 minutes

Final episode date
  
8 December 2000

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Genre
  
Satire, comedy

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of episodes
  
144

First episode date
  
30 September 1998

Network
  
Channel 4

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Presented by
  
Brendon Burns, Fred MacAulay, Iain Lee, Daisy Donovan, Jon Holmes, Sarah Alexander

Writers
  
Charlie Brooker, Roger Drew

Cast
  
Daisy Donovan, Iain Lee, Sarah Alexander, Brendon Burns, Jon Holmes

Similar
  
Da Ali G Show, Smack the Pony, My New Best Friend, Harry Hill, Bremner - Bird and Fortune

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The 11 O'Clock Show was a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4, which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items. It ran from 30 September 1998 to 8 December 2000, most notably, while hosted by Iain Lee and Daisy Donovan. The show launched the careers of Ricky Gervais and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Contents

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Hosts and presenters

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The 11 O'Clock Show underwent a number of line-up changes during its run. There are numerous cases of external segment reporters becoming studio hosts, and vice versa. Notable presenters and cast members included:

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  • Iain Lee
  • Daisy Donovan
  • Mackenzie Crook
  • Paul Garner
  • Sacha Baron Cohen
  • Ricky Gervais
  • Fred MacAulay
  • Brendon Burns
  • Dan Demetriou
  • Sarah Alexander
  • Jon Holmes
  • Rich Hall
  • Alex Lowe
  • Will Smith
  • Tommy Vance
  • Ricky Grover
  • Danny Bhoy
  • Marc Wootton
  • Jason Priestley

    • Going on to success

    The 11 O'Clock Show introduced a number of performers who have gone on to much greater success.

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  • Iain Lee, who went on to host Channel 4 breakfast show RI:SE in 2003, and went on to forge a successful career in radio.
  • Alex Zane, who later went on to present shows such as Rude Tube and Celebrity Scissorhands, and has a successful career as a DJ.
  • Ricky Gervais, who went on to co-create The Office and Extras, along with becoming a successful stand up comedian.
  • Paul Garner went on to star in E4's The Pilot Show, VH1's BSTV, and write both series of the award winning Strutter.
  • Sacha Baron Cohen, who went on to create Da Ali G Show and the films Borat, Brüno, and The Dictator.
  • Mackenzie Crook, who also went on to The Office as well as TV to Go, before a role in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
  • Sarah Alexander, who had appeared on TV before, and went on to play Susan Walker in Coupling, Dr Angela Hunter in Green Wing and Mel Cook in The Worst Week of My Life.
  • Jon Holmes co-created Dead Ringers, stars in The Now Show and hosts his own show on XFM London.
  • Brendon Burns, who went on to co-host I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Live! amid other regular television appearances. He left after 3 episodes and, a year later, went on to write and perform his Edinburgh Comedy Award winning show 'So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now'
  • Marc Wootton who went on to star in Shirley Ghostman and My New Best Friend.
  • Andre Vincent, John Mann and Shaun Pye were all writers on the show.
  • Comedy writer/performers who also wrote on the show include Alex Lowe, Robert Webb, Rhys Thomas, Tony Way, James Bachman, Danny Bhoy, David Mitchell and Charlie Brooker. The latter two writers went on to co-present and write for 10 O'Clock Live, a later series which mixed comedy and news.

    • Controversy

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    In January 2000, the show came under criticism from the Broadcasting Standards Commission following viewer complaints about comments that were made on the show about recently deceased TV presenter Jill Dando, Bobby Willis (the husband of entertainer Cilla Black) and golfer Payne Stewart.

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    References

    The 11 O'Clock Show Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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