How NOT to be a journalist - The Best of Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan #comedy

How NOT to be a journalist - The Best of Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (Patrick Marber) – economic correspondent. O'Hanraha-hanrahan is extremely incompetent, and his reports end with him having to admit their fundamental inaccuracy to an unforgiving Morris. Examples include a claim that an American factory with only 25,000 workers had made 35,000 redundant; a failed effort to conduct a light-hearted interview with a shipping minister; and a report in which O'Hanraha-hanrahan claims to have conducted an interview with an elusive German economics minister in the German language, his ignorance of which is then exposed. O'Hanraha-hanrahan resembles former BBC newsreader Richard Whitmore; his name is inspired by that of Brian Hanrahan. The character originated from writing by Stewart Lee and Richard Herring, in the second series of On the Hour. Created, Produced and Edited by Thom Goddard for BBC THREE in 2002. #Journalism #comedy #funny

Added 1 Jul 2026