Twenty-five years since he first appeared on screen, the immortal presenter is back where he began. His creator explains why a divided nation needs him more than everSteve Coogan was out for a meal last night, and this morning, while we talk on the phone, Twitter is lighting up with excited chat about his dinner companions. A photo posted by the actor David Schneider shows a smiling group shot: Schneider leaning in like any selfie-taker, surrounded by the grinning faces of Coogan, Chris Morris, Rebecca Front, Doon Mackichan, Patrick Marber, Peter Baynham and Armando Iannucci. `We´d not sat down in the same room for 15 years, so we all met up and had dinner. It was jolly nice, actually,` says Coogan.Marber decided the 25th anniversary of their groundbreaking news parody, The Day Today, deserved a celebratory dinner. But the get-together was more than a chance to reminisce, as the talk turned to work projects and the possibility of a reunion. `Yeah, we said we should do something,` says Coogan. `Everyone has gone off and done their own thing. But 25 years is quite long enough to prove that you can do something else. So we may do a podcast or something ... I don´t know.` But this wouldn´t be for old times´ sake. None of the team that wrote and performed that excoriating, angry comedy is looking to rehash the past. `There´s no point doing anything that is just based on nostalgia,` he says. `Because what we did was very edgy and challenging. You either do something equally relevant or don´t bother.` Continue reading...
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