NewsRevue

Title

NewsRevue

Genre

Special

TX Date

2 Apr 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:18:25

Description

NewsRevue - an episode of the topical satirical comedy song and sketch show. Individuals parodied include UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and her son Mark Thatcher; French President, Francois Mitterrand; the Queen; Prince Edward; NUM leader Arthur Scargill; Joan Rivers; athletics coach Ron Pickering; El Salvador political party leaders Jose Guerrero, Roberto D’Aubuisson, Jose Duarte; presenter Sue Jameson; US President Ronald Reagan; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Princess Diana, Princess of Wales; former US President Jimmy Carter; Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; musician Marvin Gaye; Brodie and Doyle out of The Professionals; the Pope. Topics covered: El Salvador elections, the EEC, the Guardian, the Territorial Army, NATO, the GLC and Liverpool. Performed by Jessica Martin, Rebecca Calder(?), Michael Eves, Simon Mattacks and Neil Raphael. Written by Mark Brissenden, Ian Christiansen, Sharon Winton(?), Geoff Woolley(?), John Pellat(?), Jack Thorington, Nick Yapp, Neil Raphael, and Rory Bremner.

Contributors

Rory Bremner; Jessica Martin; Neil Raphael; Geoff Woolley(?); Nick Yapp; Sharon Winton(?); Simon Mattacks; Jack Thorington; John Pellat(?); Rebecca Callder(?); Michael Eves; Mark Brissenden; Ian Christiansen

Keywords

Comedy; Popes; Elections; Newspapers; Margaret Thatcher; EEC; GLC; Liverpool; El Salvador; Arthur Scargill; Queen Elizabeth II; Councils; NUM; Jimmy Carter; Television programmes; Francois Mitterrand; NATO; Royal family; Royalty; Prince Charles; Ronald Reagan; Politicians; Territorial army; Muammar al-Gaddafi; Political leaders; Political satire; The Guardian; Princess Diana; Princess of Wales; Saddam Hussein; Prince Edward; Prince of Wales; Marvin Gaye; Television drama; Religious leaders; Mark Thatcher; English (cultural identity); The Professionals; Jose Guerrero; Roberto D’Aubuisson; Jose Duarte; Nicola Ronson; Joan Rivers; Ron Pickering; Sue Jameson

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