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  • 2015-02-18T22:00:00Z on BBC Three
  • 30m
  • 2h 30m (5 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Satirical series featuring bite-sized comedy hits, from fictionalised characters to stunt-led sketches, which brings the corruption, greed and hypocrisy of politicians, multi-nationals and tax-shy billionaires to the fore and drags it to the court of public opinion.

5 episodes

Satirical comedy which paints a fly-on-the-wall portrait of some terrifyingly inept MPs. With a raft of their political gaffes previously featured on the BAFTA-winning The Revolution Will Be Televised, we catch up with Conservative MP James Twottington-Burbage and Liberal Democrat MP Barnaby Plankton following their recent appointment as Ministers for Youth. Along the way they bump into Labour MP Ewan Jeffries, prospective UKIP candidate Dennis Pound, and have a surprise encounter with a representative of the Green Party.

Comedian Jolyon Rubinstein is on a mission. He wants to find out why the Facebook generation is so disengaged from politics. With the general election just around the corner, according to a recent survey less than a quarter of under 25s plan to vote. Is this just apathy and ignorance? Or is something else going on? The film is packed with stunts, pranks and some pretty serious interviews in which Jolyon seeks to find the answers.

On the way he takes a fire engine armed with fireproof underpants to Conservative Party HQ ('liar, liar, pants on fire'); visits UKIP HQ to use his lie-detecting test to help Nigel Farage root out members hiding a BNP past; takes a union leader a statue of Ed Miliband as Wallace to thank him for getting Ed elected Labour leader - a present from the Conservatives; and tries to raise £50k to have dinner with the PM - it's the going rate for Tory Party donors, he learns.

Is it broken promises by politicians and big mone

Compilation of the best bits of series 1, 2 and 3. Tony Blair receives a stained-glass window; 'Dave' Cameron get a visit from an old Bullingdon mate; Amazon's head office gets a rebrand; Dale Maily gets inside the story of guns in America and attends an EDL rally; and the City Bankers take part in a charity collection. James and Barnaby meet Sarah Palin and Bill Clinton.

Compilation of the best bits of series 1, 2 and 3 that features bite-sized comedy hits, from fictionalised characters to stunt-led sketches filmed in both the UK and the USA, which brings to the fore the corruption, greed and hypocrisy of politicians, avaricious multinationals and tax-shy corporations who have been taking the public for a ride for years.

Dale Maily gets inside the story of cannabis, the German embassy receive a visit from the London congestion charge collection team, Bernie Ecclestone gets a new portrait for his office, Eugene X visits the League of the South in Alabama, and James and Barnaby make a fact-finding mission to the EU, much to the delight of Nigel Farage and others.

2016-07-19T21:00:00Z

Special 5 Brexageddon!

Special 5 Brexageddon!

  • 2016-07-19T21:00:00Z30m

The team behind the Bafta-winning satirical comedy The Revolution Will Be Televised - Jolyon Rubenstein and Heydon Prowse - treat us to Brexageddon, a one-off, 30-minute comedy special satirising the EU referendum and its seismic effect. Capturing the heated debate within a nation, the show is centre court to the most dynamic drama to unfold in recent Whitehall history.

The show's comedy characters tackle the EU referendum saga from all angles, including the implementation of Scottish border control, attending the EU, sending a confused Dale Mailey to understand Remain supporters, UKIP supporter Dennis attempting PR relations at an anti-fascist rally, bearing witness to Farage's exit (just after they poignantly gift him), hipster campaigning for an independent State of Islington, negotiating new terms of living with Costa del Sol's expats, and getting stuck in a revolving door with Boris Johnson. Are you in... or out?

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