A Stab In The Dark was a British television programme of topical monologues and discussion screened on Channel 4 in 1992. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
It was hosted by comedian David Baddiel, journalist and future Conservative MP Michael Gove and critic and television presenter Tracey MacLeod. A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh David Baddiel (born 28 May 1964 Troy New York, United States is an English Comedian, novelist and Television presenter. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Michael Andrew Gove (born August 26, 1967) is a Conservative Politician, Journalist and Author in the United Kingdom The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word
The monologues, often containing very dark humour, were delivered straight to camera by each host in turn before a small studio audience on a stark set with numerous staircases. Sometimes relevant guests were invited on to further or contradict a point, including Conservative MPs Jerry Hayes and Alan Clark. Jeremy Joseph James Hayes, known as Jerry Hayes, (born 20 April 1953) was a British Conservative politician subsequently returning to his previous Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 &ndash 5 September 1999 was a British Conservative Politician, Historian and Diarist