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? Following their victory in the 1987 General Election, Thatcher gloriously announces to her Cabinet that they can do whatever they want for the next 5 years.
? Series 4 Opening Theme
? Lester Piggott is still on the inside... in prison.
? The City Programme
As presented by a man clinging onto a building for his dear life, the markets are still falling (literally) and the Chairman of the stock exchange has resorted to street performing in the Tube for money, but not to worry as the President of the United States is about to make a confidence-raising speech!
? Ronald Reagan is doing absolutely nothing.
? The City Programme
Presented by another man clinging onto the same building, he announces that the young bastards have lost money so the markets fall back up.
? Press pigs typewrite nonsense Royal stories for The News of the World.
? Nobody bothered to sign up for one of Britain’s biggest companies to Lawson's shock.
? Lester Piggott is not in Porridge but rather "Champagne Breakfast", as he'll only be in prison for a few minutes in a comfy cell.
? In a parody of The Untouchables, Mark Philips stars as a speeding driver who always gets off scot-free from getting charged.
? A pair of brain cells reside in Joe Bugner's empty brain space on mouth duty, but their boss arrives to tell them to get back to their proper job of arse duty.
? Judges can't seem to stop acting on impulse, like giving millions of pounds to Jeffrey Archer and his wife.
Robin Day introduces the Labour Party pub headquarters and interviews Neil Kinnock, who says he's a yuppie portraying his own working class background.
The candidates for the Democratic party nominee for the upcoming 1988 presidential election end up all being rather rubbish, so everyone decides to campaign for Fido the Poodle instead.
William's caretaker asks him why he acted the way he did at school today; he asked Jennifer to turn that bloody pop music off.
Lord Young always brings Thatcher her answers, making Norman Tebbit rather jealous.
Somewhere on the Indian Pakistan border in 1873, Mike Gatting and the England cricket team organise mooning, pissing off buildings and who can fail to score any runs.
Michael Jackson is "Mad".
Against Hurd’s warnings, Kenneth Baker gets a nice stone cold look at Thatcher’s new haircut.
End of Part One
? Start of Part Two
Oliver North tells his men that as Gorbachev has no business left, there's no business for them, to their dismay.
? The Price is Wrong
Hosted by Chancellor Nigel Lawson, the contestant gets the price wrong and so Lawson wins, while everyone else in the country loses.
? David Gergen and Caspar Weinberger try getting through to Ronald Reagan on their war strategy against Iranian ships.
? The Spy Who Lived in Australia
? A man asks for a Guinness and the bartender gives him a mug filled with money.
? Andrew and Fergie need advice on improving their sex lives.
? A commercial for the album 20 Great Drunken Greats.
? Cecil Parkinson has returned to the Cabinet as Energy Secretary, but they give him a rather innuendo-loaded welcome.
? It's the end of the alliance of the Two Davids as they sing "Goodbye".
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? Spitting Image are proud to present the marriage busted commemorative plate of Charles and Diana.

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