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Unbroadcast Pilot

As every comedy schoolboy should know by now, the Not The Nine O'Clock News "pilot" is something of a misnomer. It was in fact originally intended as the first show of what would have been their first series, recorded on the 31st of March 1979 and scheduled for broadcast on BBC2 on the 2nd of April 1979, but pulled at the eleventh hour. Starring ROWAN ATKINSON CHRIS EMMET WILLOUGHBY GODDARD CHRISTOPHER GODWIN JOHN GORMAN JONATHAN HYDE CHRIS LANGHAM Written by PETER SPENCE CHRIS MILLER ANDY HAMILTON BARRY PILTON CHRIS ALLEN LAURIE ROWLEY ROWAN ATKINSON RICHARD CURTIS MIKE BURGESS ANDY STEVENSON Producers JOHN LLOYD SEAN HARDIE

English
  • Originally Aired March 31, 1979
  • Runtime 25 minutes
  • Special Position Airs before season 1, episode 1
  • Network BBC Two
  • Created October 20, 2021 by
    CraigWally
  • Modified October 20, 2021 by
    CraigWally
Name Type Role
Chris Allen Writer
Richard Curtis Writer
Laurie Rowley Writer
Mike Burgess Writer
Andy Stevenson Writer
Peter Spence Writer
Chris Miller Writer
Barry Pilton Writer
Andy Hamilton Writer
Rowan Atkinson Writer
Christopher Godwin Guest Star
Angela Rippon Guest Star
Andrew Sachs Guest Star
Chris Emmet Guest Star
John Gorman Guest Star
Willoughby Goddard Guest Star
Jonathan HydeJohn Cleese Guest Star