About this season
The Saturday Night Armistice was a British satirical television comedy programme presented by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider, which ran from 1995 to 1999. The programme took an irreverent and often surreal look back at topical events, and featured studio discussions, sketches and setups. Like many 1990s British comedy series it included appearances and writing contributions by a large number of UK comedians including amongst others Arthur Mathews, Graham Linehan, Simon Pegg, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Kevin Eldon, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Omid Djalili, Al Murray, Ben Moor, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
Episodes (8)
1. Episode 16
Aired 9 January 1998
2. Episode 17
Aired 16 January 1998
3. Episode 18
Aired 23 January 1998
4. Episode 19
Aired 30 January 1998
5. Episode 20
Aired 6 February 1998
6. Episode 21
Aired 13 February 1998
7. The Christmas Armistice
Aired 29 December 1998
8. The New Year Armistice
Aired 1 January 1999