Episode | Transcript | Gallery |
Sketches[]
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? | Maxwell gives a man a big fat cheque as he buys Oxford Darby County |
? | Series 4 Opening Theme |
? | Ken Livingstone was told by someone that his outbursts are ruining the image of the party. |
? | The Sun turns 18 today. |
? | A translation of a conversation between a couple in a restaurant. |
? | Derek Jameson presents the Richard Branson World Ego Challenge. |
? | Fed up with Heathrow and Gatwick? Try the Docklands Airport Departure Lounge |
? | Douglas Hurd asks Kenneth Baker about his new Education Bill. |
? | Sylvester Stallone and Brigette Nielsen in their divorce case. |
? | Frank Bruno wants to train with non-boxing has-beens and loses against his own shadow. |
? | Sporting Image Des Lynam reports on Nigel Mansel's accident in his golf debut. |
? | A recruit is asked what the army does with two planks... they hire them. |
? | Escape from Britain Famous actors star in this war film about the building of the Channel Tunnel. |
The Cabinet wonder why nobody in Scotland votes Tory, until it turns out its where the animal testing ground are. End of Part One | |
? | Start of Part Two David Steel would like to buy a stripy shirt with a white collar. |
? | John Moore's Welfare State has a closing down sale. |
? | You Must Be the Cheque A new BBC sitcom about the BBC scriptwriter getting a cheque. |
? | As directed by theatre director Edward, Queen Elizabeth expresses her sorrow at Fiji leaving the Commonwealth while dressed up as a banana. |
? | Thatcher thanks the firemen for their hard work even though she's making 800 of them redundant. |
? | BBC 1 faces turmoil after Michael Grade's departure. |
? | John Gielgud reads The Old Woman in the Shoe. |
? | Charles and Diana are congratulated for being together for 40 minutes. |
? | The Dame Maggie Experience Margaret Thatcher, dressed as Dame Edna, brings on guests such as Neil Kinnock and Ronald Reagan. |
? | Bono sings about how nobody knows what he's singing about. Credits |
? | Kinnock's trendy wine turns out to be bad. |
Characters[]
- Robert Maxwell
- Ken Livingstone
- Roy Hattersley
- Cilla Black
- Derek Jameson
- Richard Branson
- Michael Grade
- Douglas Hurd
- Kenneth Baker
- Sylvester Stallone
- Brigitte Nielsen (debut)
- Ronald Reagan
- Ed Meese
- Oliver North
- Frank Bruno
- George Best (mentioned)
- Henry Cooper (mentioned)
- Des Lynam
- Nigel Mansell (mentioned)
- Richard Attenborough
- Donald Sinden
- Michael Caine
- Lester Piggott
- Margaret Thatcher
- Douglas Hurd
- Geoffrey Howe
- David Young
- Nicholas Ridley
- Norman Fowler
- George Younger
- David Steel
- Michael Foot
- John Moore
- Felicity Kendal
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Prince Edward
- Muriel
- Prince Philip
- Edwina Currie
- Peter Sissons
- Paul Daniels
- Steve Davis
- John Gielgud
- Prince Charles
- Princess Diana
- Denis Thatcher
- Neil Kinnock
- Michael Heseltine
- Bono (debut)
- The Edge (debut)
- Pope John Paul II (stock footage)
- Bryan Gould
- Lord Lucan