Not Tonight with John Sergeant

Sounds quite good:

www.chortle.co.uk/news/may05/sergeant030501.php

Yes I always found him quite witty on the evidence of his HIGNFY appearances.

Sounds fantastic - hope the pilot goes down well.

John Sergeant is a very funny guy - and it would be great to have a British version of 'The Daily Show'.

Didn't he work with Alan Bennett back in the 60's?

c.f. The Late Edition - which was tx'ed weekly on BBC4. Hosted by Marcus Brigstocke, who'll you know if you listen to any radio comedy.

Just spotted in the RT that this is on tonight at 10.30.

From itv.com :-

Not Tonight with John Sergeant

The former political editor presents a comic slant on the week's news, assisted by co-anchor Katherine Jakeways. With reports and celebrity interviews by a team including Jeremy Hardy, in the guise of chief political correspondent, and John Sparkes as regional newscaster Barry Welsh. Plus, `guest reporters' Alex Lowe, Linda Smith, Paul Thorne and Will Smith offer their own unique take on topical events

It looks promising!

Can I smell an ITV version of Have I Got News For You??? Or at least along those lines............

John Sparkes is a great guy, and very funny.

His show "Barry Welsh is coming" ran on HTV Wales for a good few years before coming to an end last year.

John is the current voice of Fireman Sam & Co. (produced in Cardiff).

Hmm. Nice idea. Shame it's not funny.

What can I say apart from dire, dire, dire. The Day Today it ain't.

Yup, shame this isn't it. Seems a bit smug.

Could've been very good. Appears excessively scripted, and the jokes were skewed to try and appeal to the lowest common denominator. Even the audience can only seem to raise the occasional chuckle at most.