Originally Posted by BA1A

Chanel 9 is a grainy television channel from the island dictatorship known as "Republicca", the idea being originally to parody the sort of programmes that British people end up watching on vacation around the Mediterranean. The stars, usually Paul Whitehouse, Paul Shearer and Caroline Aherne, speak a nonsensical language, which is mostly based on Spanish and Portuguese. The only programme was originally just the news, read by Poutremos Poutra-Poutros (Whitehouse) and Kolothos Apollonia (Shearer), which always concluded with the weather forecast by meteorologist Poula Fisch (played by Aherne). Sporting news was presented by Antonios Gubba (Simon Day), seated at a much lower desk and talking with a low voice. Different programs, such as a cartoon and a current affairs discussion, were added in later sketches.