NewsRevue

Title
NewsRevue
Genre
Special
TX Date
20 Feb 1984
Year of production
1984
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Duration
00:10:59
Description
NewsRevue - an episode of the topical satirical comedy song and sketch show. Individuals sent up include UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis Thatcher and son Mark Thatcher; Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe; US President Ronald Reagan; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; Soviet President Yuri Andropov; footballer Jack Charlton; politicians Tony Benn and Peter Carington; journalists Sandy Gall and Pamela Armstrong; General Gunter Kiessling; actor Anthony Perkins; singer Barbara Streisand. Topics covered include Westminster, The Muppet Show, homosexuality and Film 84. Performers not identified.
Contributors
None Identified
Keywords
Comedy; Politics; Margaret Thatcher; Homosexuality; Westminster; Films; Geoffrey Howe; Heads of state; Peter Carington; Ronald Reagan; Politicians; Neil Kinnock; Yuri Andropov; Tony Benn; Journalists; Political leaders; Political satire; Barbara Streisand; Mark Thatcher; Denis Thatcher; Sandy Gall; English (cultural identity); Anthony Perkins; Jack Charlton; Pamela Armstrong; Gunter Kiessling; The Muppet Show; Film 84

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LBC/IRN, "NewsRevue". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0102700174006 (Accessed 18 Jan 2026)