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We finally find out the whereabouts of Lord Lucan: could he have been hiding out in Cyril Smith's oversized trousers all this time? Barry Manilow's encounter with an obsessive anteater leads to a case of mistaken identity and Mrs Thatcher's cabinet prepare for nuclear war.
Sketches
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Series 1 Opening Theme |
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Cyril Smith and Lord Lucan discuss lodging arrangements. |
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David Coleman reports from Beirut. |
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David Attenborough records a voiceover. |
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Ayatollah Khomeini plays a game of 'She loves me, she loves me not'. |
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Thatcher toys with the Cabinet about a deputy role. |
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Sporting Image
David Coleman introduces the segment. |
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Great Sporting Moments, with Henry Cooper and his brother George. |
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Sir Robin Day questions Thatcher about the murder of The Duke of Edinburgh from the previous episode. |
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In a preview of Panorama, Reagan and Chernenko meet for a summit talk. |
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Neil Kinnock tries out a new look. |
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Reagan puts his own representative in place at the summit talk. |
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'Great Diplomats Of Our Time - Part 12. Henry Kissinger' with Richard Nixon. |
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The President’s Brain Is Missing
As "Son of The President's Brain - Episode One" plays in the background, Reagan contacts Henry Kissinger for help. |
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Kissinger and the brain prepare for their journey. |
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Kissinger and Reagan attend the summit talk. |
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Sir Robin Day interviews an Irish relative of Reagan.
End of Part One |
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Start of Part Two
Mark Thatcher is rescued by Lord Lucan. |
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An advert for The Beano. |
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Anthony the Anteater meets Barry Manilow. |
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Sporting Image
David Coleman interviews Barry Sheene. |
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Heseltine practises his nuclear war speech in front of Thatcher and the Cabinet. |
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'So You Think You're Incurable', a Channel 4 show, featuring Shirley Williams and David Owen. |
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Shirley Williams, David Owen et al perform “What Torvill Does With Dean.” |
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Sporting Image
David Coleman provides some last minute sports news. |
| Credits | |
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The zombies from the first episode ask Thatcher if Norman can come out to play. |
Characters
Main
- Cyril Smith
- Lord Lucan
- David Coleman (debut)
- David Attenborough
- Ruhollah Khomeini
- Michael Heseltine
- Geoffrey Howe
- Nigel Lawson
- Norman Fowler
- Norman Tebbit
- Leon Brittan
- David Owen
- Margaret Thatcher
- Generic Spitting Image Classic Puppets
- George Cooper (debut)
- Henry Cooper (debut)
- Robin Day
- Ronald Reagan
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Konstantin Chernenko
- Neil Kinnock
- Roy Hattersley
- Bonzo
- Richard Nixon
- Henry Kissinger
- James Callaghan
- Indira Gandhi
- Sheep
- Ed Meese
- Mark Thatcher
- Roy Jenkins (debut)
- Denis Healey
- Prince Charles
- Tony Benn
- Barry Manilow (debut)
- Barry Sheene (debut)
- Shirley Williams
- Nancy Reagan
- “I’m Perfect” Zombies
Background
Mentioned
- Billie Jean
- Cliff Richard
Trivia
Continuity
- This episode marks the second and final appearance of the zombies from the song “I'm Perfect”.
- This is the first episode to feature many sports themed sketches.
References
- The sketch featuring David Coleman in Beirut is a reference to the fact that the Capital was a focal point of intense violence during the Lebanese Civil War.
- The opening sketch makes reference to the whereabouts of Lord Lucan, in this parody he is hiding in the trousers of Cyril Smith.
Edits
- The first two sketches of the episode are not present on the YouTube version of the episode.