I discovered "The Day Today" while sitting in a dodgy, illegal(ish) student bar, called The Abelarde Sanction, in Brixton, Johannesburg. The cultural blackout had meant that we never got to see any BBC television programmes on TV, although I doubt that The Day Today would have gone down well with the powers that be anyway. I was blown away. I promptly ordered my own copies of the tapes and proceeded to hold regular screenings at home.
While on the away week of everything we did a little bit of YouTube wandering, and found we could relive The Day Today in little fragments - which reminded us just how good the series was. One of the little gems is the interview with Peter O'Hanrahanrahan about Germany's response to an economic policy agreement. Go watch it , and then I'll try to get to the point.