The Way It Is
First broadcast from 19980520 to 20020328.
- Other listings sites claim there's five series, running from 1998 to 2001 - but my details are directly from the BBC listings and unless I'm showing repeats as a new series, there's really seven series and the last one was in 2002.
52 episodes
| Series | Episode | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | 19980520 | Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events from Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Evans and Dave Lamb |
| 01 | 01 | 19980527 | |
| 01 | 02 | 19980603 | |
| 01 | 03 | 19980610 | |
| 01 | 04 | 19980617 | |
| 01 | 05 | 19980624 | Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events from Sanjeev Bhaskar, Simon Evans, Dave Lamb and Fiona Allen |
| 01 | 06 | 19980701 | |
| 01 | 07 | 19980708 | |
| 02 | 01 | 19990204 | |
| 02 | 02 | 19990211 | Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events. With Simon Evans, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Dave Lamb |
| 02 | 03 | 19990218 | Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events. Starring Simon Evans, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Dave Lamb and Chris Pavlo |
| 02 | 04 | 19990225 | |
| 02 | 05 | 19990304 | |
| 02 | 06 | 19990311 | |
| 02 | 07 | 19990318 | |
| 02 | 08 | 19990325 | |
| 03 | 01 | 19990707 | Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events. With Simon Evans, Dave Lamb and Chris Pavlo |
| 03 | 02 | 19990714 | Satire, sketches and a hard look behind the week's media events. With Simon Evans, Laura Shavin, Dave Lamb and Chris Pavlo |
| 03 | 03 | 19990721 | |
| 03 | 04 | 19990728 | |
| 03 | 05 | 19990804 | |
| 03 | 06 | 19990811 | |
| 03 | 07 | 19990818 | Satire, sketches and a look behind the week's media events. With Simon Evans, Laura Shavin, Dave Lamb and Chris Pavlo |
| 03 | 08 | 19990825 | Satire, sketches and a look behind the week's media events. With Simon Evans, Laura Shavin, Dave Lamb and Chris Pavlo. Recorded at the Edinburgh Festival. |
| 04 | 01 | 20000106 | A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin |
| 04 | 02 | 20000113 | |
| 04 | 03 | 20000120 | |
| 04 | 04 | 20000127 | A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Chris Pavlo, Laura Shavin and Phil Cornwell |
| 04 | 05 | 20000203 | |
| 04 | 06 | 20000210 | |
| 04 | 07 | 20000217 | |
| 04 | 08 | 20000224 | A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Chris Pavlo, Laura Shavin and Dave Lamb |
| 05 | 01 | 20000831 | |
| 05 | 02 | 20000907 | A satirical look at the week's news and media events. Find out why Richard Richard is being so secretive and how Lolly has coped with her disastrous wedding. With Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laurin Shavin. |
| 05 | 03 | 20000914 | A satirical look at the week's news and media events. With Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laurin Shavin. |
| 05 | 04 | 20000921 | |
| 05 | 05 | 20000928 | |
| 05 | 06 | 20001005 | |
| 05 | 07 | 20001012 | |
| 05 | 08 | 20001019 | |
| 06 | 01 | 20010215 | A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin. After Lolly's shock resignation at the end of the last series, how will Richard cope with her replacement? |
| 06 | 02 | 20010222 | A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin |
| 06 | 03 | 20010301 | |
| 06 | 04 | 20010308 | |
| 06 | 05 | 20010315 | |
| 06 | 06 | 20010322 | |
| 07 | 01 | 20020221 | A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin |
| 07 | 02 | 20020228 | |
| 07 | 03 | 20020307 | |
| 07 | 04 | 20020314 | |
| 07 | 05 | 20020321 | |
| 07 | 06 | 20020328 | A satirical look at the week's news and events with Simon Evans, Dave Lamb, Chris Pavlo and Laura Shavin |