All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • June 24, 1995
    • BBC Two

    The team go through John Major's bin, go out with one of the loudest teen fan clubs around and introduce us to the new rapid reaction force from the west - the UN Irish Dancers!

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • July 1, 1995
    • BBC Two

    A look back in the world of politics including planned improvements to tennis, the launch of the Hunt The Old Woman competition and a major dock with a BBC1 show.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • July 8, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Politics is back to normal with the conclusion of the Tory leadership election. Features include a look at how political polling figures can be manipulated, Peter Baynham steals an usherette's uniform and a celebration of English culture.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • July 22, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Britain is burning the middle of a heatwave, so the Saturday Night Armistice team presents warm weather fashion tips and global warming issues. This week's tea is on the (unpaid) work experience boy, a look at violence in Britain and Jack Straw meets his biggest fans.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • July 29, 1995
    • BBC Two

    It's an "All Action" show this week, as the team find ways of solving the troubles in Northern Ireland, experiment with school class sizes, demonstrate a democratic approach to firefighting and investigate executive pay rises. There's also a look at the new "Better Fights 2" video, Sue Perkins helps the team get their own back on the French and Peter Baynham gets sold off!

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • August 5, 1995
    • BBC Two

    In the last show of the series, the team try seeing what tourists are willing to pay for by opening "Brown World" - a museum dedicated to the colour brown - and look at ways to solve the country's traffic issues. Elsewhere Armando surprises Bob Monkhouse, Mr Tony Blair tries to eat Peter and we get a listen to a preview of the Pope's new record.

  • S01E07 The Saturday Night Armistice Party Bucket

    • December 22, 1995
    • BBC Two

    Armando lannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider look back at some of the best moments from the comedy show's first series, and pick over the remains of the summer of 1995.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 8

    • June 14, 1996
    • BBC Two

    Satirical comedy. Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams calls Live and Kicking, while Sue Perkins and Al Murray take a gang of adults out on the streets to give teenagers a taste of their own medicine.

  • S02E02 Episode 9

    • June 21, 1996
    • BBC Two

    David goes on a course to learn about marriage, Michael Howard gets put in prison, we spy in on the England football team during the Euro '96 championships and Armando meets the man who does the drums for the end of Eastenders.

  • S02E03 Episode 10

    • June 28, 1996
    • BBC Two

    Satirical comedy. Dogs take over running the show, there's a look at the voting booth of the future and, with the nation gripped by football fever, the trio run riot in the empty streets.

  • S02E04 Episode 11

    • July 5, 1996
    • BBC Two

    Topical satire. The trio count down the days to the general election with a special advent calendar and scientists take drastic measures to beat the drought.

  • S02E05 Episode 12

    • July 12, 1996
    • BBC Two

    Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider rummage around in the week's news. The trio give the audience their take on MPs awarding themselves a pay rise.

  • S02E06 Episode 13

    • July 19, 1996
    • BBC Two

    Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider create topical mayhem. Featuring a guide to royal relationships, some unusual new Olympic events, plus management training with Eric Bristow

  • S02E07 The Election Night Armistice

    • May 1, 1997
    • BBC Two

    The team behind the satirical comedy series Friday Night Armistice host a live three-hour special, combining election results with comedy. The programme, presented by Armando lannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider, also features celebrities, music from pop band the Lightning Seeds and a giant indoor firework display. With Alan Partridge (alias Steve Coogan). Tony Robinson and Valerie Singleton.

  • S02E08 The Christmas Armistice

    • December 29, 1997
    • BBC Two

    The first of two seasonal episodes of the satire show. Highlights include OJ Simpson signing a confession, the military wing of the Labour Party and a roving Scandal in a Helicopter.

  • S02E09 The Armistice Party Bucket

    • January 2, 1998
    • BBC Two

    The best of the award-winning satire show, with the sabotage of the Blue Peter time capsule and an insight into the private lives of Wallace and Gromit.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 16

    • January 9, 1998
    • BBC Two

    The acclaimed comedy show returns for a new six-part run, aiming its incisive and topical brand of satire against a wide range of public targets.

  • S03E02 Episode 17

    • January 16, 1998
    • BBC Two

    A coffee crisis in the City is among the topics targeted by the satirical comedy showtonight. Plus footage of an outlawed fox hunt, and a check-up for Frank Dobson.

  • S03E03 Episode 18

    • January 23, 1998
    • BBC Two

    The satirical show follows an ex-convict, a former clown and an ex-Conservative minister as they apply for the same job, and discovers how much cod-liver oil will fetch on the black market.

  • S03E04 Episode 19

    • January 30, 1998
    • BBC Two

    The satirical show takes a comic look back over the week's news, and follows the programme's own celebrity phenomenon, The Dummies, on their continuing journey to stardom.

  • S03E05 Episode 20

    • February 6, 1998
    • BBC Two

    Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider create topical mayhem in the acclaimed comedy series.

  • S03E06 Episode 21

    • February 13, 1998
    • BBC Two

    The acclaimed satirical comedy show concludes its six-part run with a parting shot against a wide range of public targets.

  • S03E07 The Christmas Armistice

    • December 29, 1998
    • BBC Two

    The first of a brace of seasonal comedy specials taking a satirical look at the past year's news, with the regular Friday Night Armistice team of Armando lannucci, Peter Baynham and David Schneider.

  • S03E08 The New Year Armistice

    • January 1, 1999
    • BBC Two

    The Friday Night Armistice team return to see in the New Year with more current-affairs hilarity, and the chance to win a babysitter for New Year's Eve 1999.