The Revolution Will Be Televised
The Revolution Will Be Televised
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The Revolution Will Be Televised

8.0 / 10
2012
3 seasons
19 episodes
Comedy

The Revolution Will Be Televised is a British television satire show, which was first screened on BBC Three in August 2012. Writing for The Guardian, Sam Wollaston said it's "Sacha Baron Cohen with a bit more substance then, or Mark Steel with a few more laughs". At the 2013 British Academy Television Awards, the show won the Bafta for the Best Comedy Programme.

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  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    22-08-201230m

    Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein perform satirical sketches lampooning arrogance, hypocrisy and greed in public life. In the first edition, Dale Maily meets members of the Occup...

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    29-08-201230m

    James and Barnaby canvass for votes during the London mayoral election in a bid to get Boris Johnson re-elected. Dale Maily experiences the Jubilee weekend, water and energy compan...

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    05-09-201230m

    The Chipping Norton Witch Hunt begins, the Liberal Democrats have some broken promises returned to their HQ, and, whilst Dale Maily spends the day at the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race...

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    12-09-201230m

    Whilst Dale Maily is at Glade Festival getting to the bottom of drugs, James and Barnaby are trying to endear themselves to the students of Manchester University before a meeting w...

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    19-09-201230m

    Whilst the G4S rebranding team head to Lincolnshire to help rebrand the local police, and Apple's Nevada team come to launch the new idodge app, James and Barnaby head to local you...

  • Episode 6

    6.Episode 6

    26-09-201230m

    Dale Maily is at London's Gay Pride looking for some answers to homosexuality, while James and Barnaby are explaining the changes being made to the NHS under Andrew Lansley's new H...

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