The Revolution Will Be TelevisedThe 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.
Episode 1
Aug 22, 2012
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.
Episode 2
Aug 29, 2012
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.
Episode 3
Sep 5, 2012
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.
Episode 4
Sep 12, 2012
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.
Episode 5
Sep 19, 2012
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.
Episode 6
Sep 26, 2012
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.
