The Revolution Will Be Televised
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.
Seasons
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2012-08-22
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 Occupy movement in London, a group tries to make Tony Blair a saint, and regular characters James and Barnaby attend the Liberal Democrat conference. Plus, jokes at the expense of bankers, a clothing chain and foreign embassies.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2012-08-29
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 companies receive a surprise and the Guantanamo Bay inmates take part in a sports day.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2012-09-05
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 to understand what being British actually means, James and Barnaby have a date with the Chancellor, George Osborne.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2012-09-12
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 with the Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willets. The National Gallery gets a new picture installed, whilst money-lending shops are paid a visit by gambling and drug addict Nomo. Also, sweatshop recruiters are out on the Oxford Street in London, looking for new workers.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2012-09-19
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 youth clubs and skate parks to find out how ill-disciplined the youth of Broken Britain are, before taking their findings to education secretary Michael Gove. Meanwhile, Dale Maily investigates arms manufacturers.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2012-09-26
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 Health and Social Care Reform Bill. The Google Home View team are out in force - in people's homes. And while the Barclays Casino comes to Canary Wharf, private school boys are out in Brixton collecting for a local charity - their school.
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2013-11-10
Dale Maily enjoys a day out at an EDL march in Birmingham, while James and Barnaby attempt to convince the public that MPs should have a pay rise.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2013-11-17
In Brussels, Barnaby tries to convince James about the pros of staying allied to the EU. A glass ceiling is installed in various Middle Eastern embassies.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2013-11-24
Dale Maily attends the G8 summit to chase the hippies out of Ireland and Ewan Jefferies and Jack Straw come up with a great idea to win back Labour voters.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2013-12-01
James and Barnaby try to convince the emergency services that privatisation is the way to go, and show Eric Pickles their plans to make some extra cash.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2013-12-08
James and Barnaby take a trip to Scotland to convince the Scottish people and first minister Alex Salmond that independence from the UK is a bad idea.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2013-12-15
Whilst Dale attends the Notting Hill carnival, James and Barnaby go to a teachers' protest and the Israeli Embassy Expansion Team take to the streets.
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 2014-10-07
Dale gets inside the story of guns in America, James and Barnaby attend a Republican Party conference and Wall Street bankers get a chance to give something back.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 2014-10-14
Dale Maily files a special report from Colorado on legalised cannabis whilst James and Barnaby visit America's 'toughest jail'.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 2014-10-21
Street magician Alternator 'disappears' the belongings of Wall Street bankers. James and Barnaby use their UN visit to declare war on behalf of Britain.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 2014-10-28
Reporter Dale Maily is in the Arizona desert with a heavily armed border patrol, whilst unemployed simpleton Nomo attempts to buy a gun in Texas.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 2014-11-04
Dale Maily struggles to comprehend same-sex marriage at the Gay Pride celebrations in New York, but feels more at home meeting extreme anti-abortionists in Texas.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 2014-11-11
Dale Maily files a special report from New Orleans, the home of jazz and drunken debauchery. Street magician Alternator tricks unsuspecting gamblers in Vegas
7. Compilation
Air Date: 2014-11-18
This episode is a compilation of the best bits from the first two series featuring bite-sized comedy hits.
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Rating
8.0/10
Release Date
2012-08-22
Episodes
19 (3 seasons)
Status
Returning Series