The series is a spoof of news programs, in particular shows such as The Today Programme, set in "Nurseryland", a place in which all nursery rhymes and children's stories are real.

The News at Bedtime stars Jack Dee and Peter Capaldi as the main newsreaders, John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee.

The main news readers are John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee, who both make it clear that they dislike each other.

But really, Humpty Dumpty was a cannon in the English Civil War that one of the sides managed to blow up, and it fell.

"[5] Jane Thynne said in The Independent: "You wouldn't need to be a Today aficionado to find this series a delight... All of it was pitch perfect, totally inventive, and very funny.