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TV Series · 7.2 / 10 · 28 ratings · 26 Feb 1984 · English · 18 seasons · 30m per episode · Ended
Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV from 1984 to 1996. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Awards, including one for editing in 1989, and even won two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities famous during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family. The Series was the first to caricature the Queen mother.
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The New Statesman
TV Series · 7.5 / 10 · 13 Sept 1987 · English
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
French & Saunders
TV Series · 7.4 / 10 · 9 Mar 1987 · English
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act.
The League of Gentlemen
TV Series · 7.7 / 10 · 11 Jan 1999 · English
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The Day Today
TV Series · 8.2 / 10 · 19 Jan 1994 · English
A spoof of the British news - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On The Hour'.
Yes Minister
TV Series · 8.3 / 10 · 25 Feb 1980 · English
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
Shooting Stars
TV Series · 7.7 / 10 · 27 Dec 1993 · English
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
Look Around You
TV Series · 8.0 / 10 · 10 Oct 2002 · English
LOOK AROUND YOU. Look around you. Just look around you. What do you see? A tree. A weather-vane. A discarded lollipop-wrapper. A traffic shop. All of these things, and any other things you may care to mention, have one thing in common. Can you work out what it is?
Reno 911!
TV Series · 7.2 / 10 · 23 Jul 2003 · English
This partially unscripted comedy brings viewers into the squad car as incompetent officers swing into action, answering 911 calls about everything from speeding violations and prostitution to staking out a drug den. Within each episode, viewers catch a "fly on the wall" glimpse of the cops' often politically incorrect opinions, ranging from their personal feelings to professional critiques of their colleagues.
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
TV Series · 8.0 / 10 · 28 Jul 2005 · English
Nick Cannon and an A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians as they compete against each other.
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TV Series · 6.6 / 10 · 17 Jul 2014 · English
The free world is in danger, and only one man can help. Jack Decker has sworn to defend America from foreign terrorists regardless of which spineless president is in charge. This is Decker: The Series.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV Series · 6.8 / 10 · 22 Jan 1968 · English
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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TV Series · 7.7 / 10 · 31 Jan 2012 · English
Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors, introduced by Key and Peele in front of a live studio audience.