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In this episode, the Royals tread on eggshells as they await the arrival of Princess Michael of Kent, the Cabinet celebrate Michael Heseltine's resignation, President Reagan is let in on the Star Wars programme and Barry Norman looks at the British Film Year. Also celebrities rally round to record the charity anthem We're Scared of Bob (Geldof).
Sketches
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Margaret Thatcher reads Michael Heseltine’s resignation letter to the cabinet. |
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Series 3 Opening Theme |
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The British Royal Family fix and correct themselves before Princess Michael comes to the dinner table. |
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A French Car ad starring Grace Jones. |
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Cecil Parkinson yells at his genitals while in the bathroom. |
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Maxwell Headroom A parody sketch of Max Headroom featuring Robert Maxwell. |
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PC Dimbleby tells Newman about the recent shooting before cutting back to Maxwell Headroom. |
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Derek Hatton vents to the bartender about his wife and cuts back to Maxwell Headroom again. |
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Mummar Gaddafi announces the completion of his training program. |
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The British Aristocracy James Spencer slowly goes crazy over cocaine. |
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Bob Geldof complains about Margaret Thatcher not giving him anything. |
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It’s perfectly fair to leave Geldof out of the honors list. |
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Sporting Image David Coleman does an interview with boxer Barry McGuigan |
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Heseltine answers the paparazzi’s questions about his resignation while playing with toy airplanes. |
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Terry Woogan Interviews Edward Kennedy. |
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End of Part One |
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Start of Part Two |
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Reagan writes about himself and recent events in his 1985 Diary. |
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British Film Year Hosted by Barry Norman who leads into the next sketch. |
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Mad Mac 3 A parody sketch of Mad Max starring Harold Macmillan and members of the British Parliament. |
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Jeffrey Archer and Mark Philips cause chaos in a shoe store. |
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We're Scared of Bob A comedy number parodying the Live Aid and USA For Africa song "We Are The World". |
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The members of Neil Kinnocks Labour Party meet up while having a few drinks and celebrating Neil. |
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Newsflash Brian Walden broadcasts a summit meeting with Reagan, Gorby, and Newman. |
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Poetry Corner Alec Guinness reads a story. |
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Talking Personally Alastair Burnett gives a personal interview with him, Charles, and Diana. |
| Credits |
Characters
Main
- Margaret Thatcher
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Prince Philip
- Prince Charles
- Princess Diana
- Prince Harry
- Prince Edward
- Prince Andrew
- Queen Mother
- Princess Michael (debut)
- Grace Jones (debut)
- Cecil Parkinson
- Geoffrey Howe
- Robert Maxwell
- Kenneth Newman
- P.C. Dimbleby
- Generic Spitting Image Classic Puppets
- Derek Hatton (debut)
- Muammar Gaddafi
- James Spencer Churchill (debut)
- Bob Geldof (debut)
- Nicholas Fairbarn (debut)
- David Coleman
- Barry McGuigan (debut)
- Michael Heseltine
- Terry Wogan
- Edward Kennedy (debut)
- Ronald Reagan
- Nancy Reagan
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Donald Regan
- Barry Norman
- Harold Macmillan
- Norman Tebbit
- Jeffrey Archer
- Mark Philips
- Tina Turner (debut)
- Michael Jackson
- Bob Dylan
- Mick Jagger
- Bruce Springsteen
- David Bowie
- Cyndi Lauper (debut)
- Barbara Streisand
- Prince
- Madonna (debut)
- Bette Middler (debut)
- Neil Kinnock
- Gerald Kaufman
- Denis Healey
- Peter Shore
- Roy Hattersley
- Alistair Burnett
- Brian Walden
- Alec Guinness (debut)
- Prince William
Background
- Nigel Lawson
- Keith Joseph
- Norman Fowler
- Willie Whitelaw
- Douglas Hurd (debut)
- Leon Brittan
- Harold Macmillan (pictured)
- Press Pigs
- Generic Spitting Image Classic Puppets
- Arthur Burke Sagan
- Caspar Weinberg (debut)
- Ed Meese
- Edward Heath (head)
- David Jenkins
- Harold Wilson
- Lord Lucan
- Patrick Anson
- Robert Runcie
- Alec Douglas Home
- Len Murray
- Dolly Parton
- Donald Sinden