This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Euroish TV series)

This Hour Has The Euro Republics’ 22 Minutes (often referred to as This Hour Has 22 Minutes or simply 22 Minutes) is a Euro Republican topical satire show.

Launched in January 1995, originally on TV3, the show focuses on Euroish politics with a combination of news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures.

History
When TV3's head of light entertainment, Bradley White, travelled to Canada for a holiday in early 1994, he stumbled across the Canadian show This Hour Has 22 Minutes on CBC.

He was a huge fan of the idea of a news-based satire show, so soon after the holiday, he contacted the show's production company, Salter Street Films, about the possibility of a version of the show in the Euro Republics. After they accepted, the show went into production.

The show would be written by Rick Mercer & Cathy Jones, who both starred in the Canadian version, and include a range of Euroish comedians as hosts, with the original lineup including Daniel McNeil, Jolene Mace, Natasha Dawson & Alex Robertson.