| Episode | Transcript | Gallery |
Sketches[]
| Picture | Sketch |
|---|---|
| ? | A Perfect CENSORED As complied under new government restrictions... |
| ? | Series 4 Opening Theme |
| ? | The Gorbachevs watch Blind Dateski on TV and decide to travel to the US to get a copy of Spycatcher. |
| ? | Nicholas Ridley has the Poll Tax Bill for Margaret Thatcher. |
| ? | Charles criticises his son Harry's house drawings. |
| ? | David Owen has decided to finally give up as he's not funny anymore. |
| ? | The new SDP leader, Robert Maclennan, announces he'll outline his policies to the interest of the whole House of Commons. |
| ? | Andrew Lloyd Webber shows Jonathan Miller his art gallery. |
| ? | Robert De Niro shows a bit too much devotion to playing a character in an upcoming film. |
| ? | Full Dinner Jacket City workers go through military training-style socialising. |
| ? | Jonathan Ross' suit would like a new Jonathan Ross. |
| ? | Queen Elizabeth decides on what she'll write in her Christmas letters to various countries and leaders. |
| ? | Ronald Reagan has agreed to reductions, to the delight of the Gorbachevs. |
| ? | Archbishop Runcie is outraged at this year’s Crockford Clerical Directory, but he doesn't know what to do about it. End of Part One |
| ? | Start of Part Two The new merged party try coming up with a new name. |
| ? | Rockschool: drums with Ringo Starr |
| ? | Mike Smith introduces the celebrity charity single "We’ll Never Work Again". |
| ? | A man asks for a packet of condoms and an album of Marilyn's latest album prompting a smack from the shopkeeper. |
| ? | Diana asks a levitating Charles for help dealing with a paparazzi trying to enter their home. |
| ? | French diplomacy for beginners. |
| ? | James Atherton and God |
| ? | Sporting Image Harry Carpenter checks in on Frank Bruno "training" for his match against Mike Tyson, Richie Benaud interviews Mike Gatting on his strategy in Afghanistan, and we go over live to the World Championship Bowls. |
| ? | After a quick toilet break in the UK, the Gorbachevs finally arrive in the US and meet with the Reagans. |
| ? | The literal Queen sings "We Are the Royal Family". Credits |
| ? | Alastair Burnet reports on soccer results: Football League - 1, Maxwell - 0. |
Characters[]
- PC Dimbleby
- Cilla Black
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Raisa Gorbacheva
- Nicholas Ridley
- Margaret Thatcher
- Prince Charles
- Prince William
- Prince Andrew
- Sarah Ferguson
- David Owen
- John Cleese
- Rosie Barnes (mentioned)
- Robert Maclennan
- Eric Heffer
- Roy Hattersley
- Margaret Thatcher
- Douglas Hurd
- Geoffrey Howe
- Norman Tebbit
- Michael Heseltine
- Michael Foot
- Bernie Grant
- Neil Kinnock
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Jonathan Miller
- Jack Nicholson
- Robert de Niro
- Paul Reubens
- Dustin Hoffman
- Jonathan Ross (debut)
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Prince Philip
- The Queen Mother
- Prince Edward
- Princess Diana
- Robert Runcie
- David Jenkins
- David Steel
- Shirley Williams
- Ringo Starr
- Mike Smith
- Mark Knopfler
- Richard Attenborough
- Bette Midler
- Freddie Mercury
- Steve Davis
- Tina Turner
- Phil Collins
- Claire Rayner
- Mary Whitehouse
- Mick Jagger
- Luciano Pavarotti
- James Anderton
- God
- Peter Imbert
- Boy George
- Mike Gatting
- Frank Bruno
- Saint & Greavsie
- Harry Carpenter
- Richie Benaud
- David Coleman
- Ronald Reagan
- David Gergen
- Nancy Reagan
- Elvis Presley (mentioned)
- Alastair Burnet
- Princess Michael
- Robert Maxwell (mentioned)