"According to a recent survey, 46% of people in Japan hide when someone rings the doorbell."
Episode 1 is the first episode of series one of No Such Thing As The News. It features presenters James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber, and was filmed at Up The Creek Comedy Club, in Greenwich, London.
Facts[]
During the programme the four hosts each present their favourite fact from the week's news.
- The House of Commons of the United Kingdom has a special security measure designed to stop the Gunpowder Plot from ever happening again. (Murray)
- The International Space Station has quadruple glazed windows. (Schreiber)
- According to the former head of the Russian Anti-Doping Laboratory, male athletes take their drugs with whisky and female athletes take their drugs with a Martini. (Ptaszynski)
- Scientists have turned water into wine. (Harkin)
Special Correspondence[]
These facts were sent in by audience members.
- From Katy Gibson: A person called Pope McCorkle III has won the 2016 Name of the Year competition. (Murray)
- From the Northern Territory News via @ninjazoo: Firemen had to be called to an Australian hospital after a man got his penis stuck in a spanner. (Harkin)
- From Chris Emerson: Students at the University of East Anglia have been told hey can't throw mortarboards at their graduation, but they can mime the action and have the hats photoshopped in for an extra £8. (Ptaszynski)
Extra Facts[]
At the end of the programme, the presenters each give one more fact they did not have time to discuss.
- From the Manchester Evening News: A man is camping out in a McDonald's car par in Manchester in protest at not being allowed to use the drive-thru in his horse-drawn caravan. (Harkin)
- From the Daily Telegraph: Research at Tel-Aviv University and MIT has shown that half the people you consider friends don't actually like you. (Murray)
- From BBC News : Due to a shortage of cash in banks in Uzbekistan, teachers in the city of Nukus have been paid half as much as they are usually paid, and worse still they were paid entirely in chickens.
- From the Times: The French finance minister has admitted behaving inappropriately towards a female journalist, but has denied "twanging her knickers".