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  • Daily Show with Jim Stewart, The [20/05/2009] (2009 Television)

    Series
    Daily Show with Jim Stewart, The

    American satirical programme focusing on politics and the national media. This edition includes a report named Scamalot (c4 mins) on the current MP’s expenses scandal in Britain. John Oliver, the show’s...

  • Bremner, Bird & Fortune [30/09/2006] (2006 Television)

    Series
    Bremner, Bird & Fortune
    Director
    Steve Connelly; Chris Fox
    Producer
    Geoff Atkinson

    Political satire series led by impressionist Rory Bremner. Includes a sketch commenting on the Tony Blair/Gordon Brown power struggle. Rory Bremner, as European Trade Commissioner (and Blairite) Peter...

  • Bremner, Bird & Fortune [01/10/2005] (2005 Television)

    Series
    Bremner, Bird & Fortune
    Director
    Steve Connelly; Chris Fox
    Producer
    Geoff Atkinson

    Political satire series led by impressionist Rory Bremner. Includes a sketch in which Jaques’ ‘seven ages of man’ speech is parodied to chronicle the ‘strange, eventful history’ that was the career...

  • Satire in Shakespeare’s Time (1972 Audio)

    Series
    Open University A201

    Open University programme supporting A201 Renaissance and Reformation. Brian Stone sets out to help students with the satirical poetry written in England between Hall and Jonson. An understanding of it is...

  • Carol Channing’s Mad English Tea Party (1970 Television)

    Director
    Colin Clews

    A one-off special variety sketch show. The show was taped in London in (ATV’s studios) and satirises the English. Sketches include Carol and Fred as Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; Anne Boleyn writing an...

  • William Shakespeare/Martha Graham (1967)

    Series
    This Week - The Arts
    Director
    John Phillips (2)

    Arts strand of the televison documentary series, THIS WEEK. An 18 minute item contains scenes from Barbara Garson’s satirical play MacBird (a skit on Lyndon B. Johnson). MacBird learns from a fruit machine...

  • Bbc-3 [2/4/1966] (1966 Television)

    Series
    Bbc-3
    Producer
    Ned Sherrin

    Topical satirical news programme including music, comedy and discussion. Includes a 1-minute sketch entitled ‘Meet Desdemona’, a spoof of Shakespeare featuring Hylda Baker, Fanny Carby and Roy Hudd...

  • That was the Week That was [07/12/1963] (1963 Television)

    aka: Tw3

    Series
    That was the Week That was
    Director
    Ned Sherrin
    Producer
    Ned Sherrin

    Late-night topical satire show, popularly known as TW3, presented by David Frost. In this episode there are two Shakespeare sketches. I. ‘Monologue- Royal Shakespeare Theatre’ delivered by David Frost....

  • That was the Week That was [21/12/1963] (1963 Television)

    aka: Tw3

    Series
    That was the Week That was

    Late-night topical satire show, popularly known as TW3, presented by David Frost. In this episode there is a 4-minute Shakespeare sketch which satirises the arts series Monitor. David Frost is Huw Wheldon...

  • Hey Nonino (1948 Radio)

    Series
    First Hearing
    Producer
    Audrey Jones

    According to the Radio Times programme listing, this radio broadcast written by Frances Kay stars Carleton Hobbs in a gentle satire, appropriate to the close of the Shakespeare season. The title suggests...