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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...