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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]. |
* 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]. |
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* 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]]." |
* 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]]." |
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* Ukee Washington, of KYW-TV (a [[CBS]] affiliate in [[ |
* Ukee Washington, of KYW-TV (a [[CBS]] affiliate in [[Philadelphia (useful notes)|Philadelphia]]), occasionally appears on ''[[Cold Case]]'', which is set in Philadelphia. |
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* 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''. |
* 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''. |
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* ''[[Absolute Power (radio)|Absolute Power]]'' had Prentiss-McCabe clients interviewed by people like ''BBC Breakfast'''s Dermot Murnaghan and ''[[Newsnight]]'''s Kirsty Wark ... but a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of Jeremy Paxman, since they were blackmailing "Jonathan Crossman" to give their client an easy interview. |
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* ''[[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]]. |
* ''[[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]]. |
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* Bree Walker appeared in this capacity on ''[[Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]''. |
* Bree Walker appeared in this capacity on ''[[Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]''. |