LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

NewsRevue

Genre

Special

TX Date

16 Jan 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:13:11

Description

NewsRevue - an episode of the topical satirical comedy song and sketch show. Individuals sent up are art forger Thomas Keating; UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; US President Ronald Reagan; Labour MP, Tony Benn; civil rights activist Jesse Jackson; Director-General of the BBC (Alasdair Milne?); businessman Eddie Shah; media mogul Rupert Murdoch; and journalists Sir Robin Day, Jan Leeming and Selina Scott. Lebanon, the Soviet Union and Syria are also mentioned. None of the performers are identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Comedy; Margaret Thatcher; USSR; BBC; Lebanon; Broadcasters; Rupert Murdoch; Ronald Reagan; Politicians; Tony Benn; Journalists; Syria; Political leaders; Political satire; Eddie Shah; Jan Leeming; Jesse Jackson; English (cultural identity); Robin Day; Thomas Keating; Selina Scott; Alasdair Milne

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