The Day Today Season 1 Episode 6 Newsatrolysis a.k.a. Factgasm ( Air Date 1994-02-23 ) Genre Comedy category. Overview "Features reports on Buckingham Palace culling 40 members of staff, passengers stuck on a train in Hampshire, Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan reporting on General Motors making 35000 workers redundant, Colin Poppshed reporting from the gay desk, the decline of the NHS, and a roundup of international news. Also features a documentury set at the office of a pharmaceutical company, and Alan Partridge covering self-defence.".