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* Jon Snow, lead anchor for [[Channel 4]] news, appears on [[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]] annually, reporting a song as if it were a news story, for the contestants having to identify the song in question. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynv1uWjNTcI Like This].
* There's an episode of ''[[Blackadder]] the Third'', Dish and Dishonesty, where this happens. The plot revolves around trying to get Baldrick elected as a member of Parliament, and features a cameo by political commentator Vincent Hanna, appearing as "[[Identical Grandson|his own great-great-grandfather]]."
* Ukee Washington, of KYW-TV (a [[CBS]] affiliate in [[
* The first [[The Cosby Show|Cosby Show]] [[Dream Sequence]] episode "The Day the Spores Landed" begins with a story being read by unseen NBC News reporter John Palmer, who was also working for NBC as the newsreader for the network's morning news program, ''The Today Show''.
* ''[[Absolute Power (
* ''[[The Thick of It]]'' uses spliced [[Stock Footage]] of Jeremy Paxman and ''Newsnight'' in the special "Rise of the Nutters", and in series three Richard Bacon guest-stars as himself hosting a debate between department ministers on [[The BBC|Radio 5]].
* Bree Walker appeared in this capacity on ''[[Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]''.
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