I would say that "That Was The Week That Was" was the real pioneer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_W

I would say that "That Was The Week That Was" was the real pioneer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_the_Week_That_Was Which also brought John Cleese and The Two Ronnies to our screens. Not The Nine O'Clock News could also get a mention - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_the_Nine_O%27Clock_News http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_the_Nine_O%27Clock_News Though it had more sketch based things but current affairs was a lynch pin. Drop the Dead Donkey is not to be discounted - Ch4 1990-1998 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_the_Dead_Donkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_the_Dead_Donkey And some links for Chris Morris : The Day Today - BBC2/1994- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_Today http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_Today One The Hour - Radio4 1992 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Hour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Hour Brass Eye - Ch 4 1997-2001 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye Later you've got 10 O'Clock live - Now "househgold names" : Charlie Brooker, David Mitchell, Jimmy Carr, Lauren Laverne http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_O%27Clock_Live http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_O%27Clock_Live This was the show that introduced Sasha Baren Cohen as Ali-G, Bruno & Borat. If you remember Ali-G was used as political satire via interview.