Barbara Wintergreen ( Rebecca Front ) : Correspondent on the American channel CBN . Speaking with an exaggerated American accent and making use of convoluted puns , her reports include a Christmas-themed prison execution , prenatal makeovers , a re-enactment of the JFK assassination , and women being banned from the state of Nebraska . Barbara 's reports include recurring characters such as Death row inmate Daimler Jeffries ( Patrick Marber ) and feminist Donna Doubtfire ( Doon Mackichan ) , as well as various characters played by Steve Coogan . Barbara Wintergreen later appeared in '' The Day Today '' , in which Marber 's Daimler Jeffries character was renamed " Chapman Baxter " and Front 's Donna Doubtfire character was renamed " Thea Peachman . " '' On the Hour '' has been praised by critics . The Quietus wrote that '' On the Hour '' " remains one of British broadcast comedy 's most dizzying accomplishments " . '' Uncut '' called it " the Monty Python of the modern era " and " the show that changed everything "
the JFK assassination
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
On the Hour