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.[1][2] 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".[3] At the 2013 British Academy Television Awards, the show won the BAFTA for the Best Comedy Programme.[4]

Not to be confused with The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

The Revolution Will Be Televised
GenreComedy, satire
Created by
Starring
  • Heydon Prowse
  • Jolyon Rubinstein
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series3
No. of episodes19
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Hat Trick Productions
Release
Original networkBBC Three
Original release22 August 2012 (2012-08-22) –
18 February 2015
Chronology
Followed byBrexageddon?! (2016 TV film)
Related showsRevolting (2017 TV series)

Programme content

The programme is a montage of satirical pranks and sketches carried out by Prowse and Rubinstein to "fight back" against "a world full of hypocrisy, corruption and greed." Sometimes assuming fictional characters, most of the show's content consists of the two presenters making a mockery of the wrongdoings of politicians, bankers, and that in other current affairs, in an attempt to try to emphasise its immorality. The public involved usually has no idea that what is being carried out is satire, and are usually fooled by the antics of Rubinstein and Prowse, which leads to some interesting reactions.

Notable regular sketches
  • Inside the Story: Rubinstein dresses as "fearless hetero journalist" Dale Maily and goes out to events (for example, an EDL march, or a protest against the badger cull) to deliver what he claims "fair, impartial news", by interviewing people at the event. It is in fact not impartial as he often tries to be controversial when speaking to people, voicing his highly conservative, borderline racist and generally far right opinions to them. Dale Maily is a parody of Daily Mail.
  • James and Barnaby: James Twottington-Burbage (Rubinstein) and Barnaby Plankton (Prowse) are Conservative and Lib Dem MPs respectively who try to convince people on the street to agree with views of theirs that are generally unpopular or controversial with the public, or with a particular division of the public, often with a stuck up and elitist attitude which is a stereotype of the Conservative Party or Coalition. Examples include trying to convince people on the streets of London that MPs deserve a pay rise, and hoping to get Scottish football fans to vote against independence. James often dominates the conversation which represents the popular stereotype that the power of the Conservatives overrules the Liberal Democrats in the Coalition.
  • BBCOMGWTF: Rubinstein is Zam Zmith, a showbiz news reporter who interviews celebrities at film premières and festivals with typical questions that such a reporter would ask with informal, teenage-style mannerisms, then abruptly changing the topic to something on current affairs (e.g. "Do you think we should intervene in Syria?"), causing the celebrities to look baffled.
  • Ewan Jeffries: Labour MP (Rubinstein) is someone who will "stand tall, stand proud and tell you anything you need to hear in order to get your vote".[5] He constantly tries to relate with the people he speaks to in order to try and look like he has a lot in common. If someone disagrees with a point he is making he will often make a U-turn and agree with them instead.
  • "Honest" subtitles: This is a clip of a real speech from a politician at a party conference or an interview on a current affairs programme such as Newsnight. Instead of providing a real transcription of the politician's words, the subtitles display what could be considered the real public perception on what they actually mean, hence "honest".

Episode list

Series 1
EpisodeDate of broadcastRating
Episode 122 August 2012522,700 (2.7%)[6]
Episode 229 August 2012
Episode 35 September 2012
Episode 412 September 2012
Episode 519 September 2012
Episode 626 September 2012

Series 2

The second series of the show was first broadcast on BBC Three on 10 November 2013.[7] Co-creator Jolyon Rubinstein confirmed via Twitter that the second series would start on 10 November 2013.[8] Sam Wollaston of The Guardian said that "It's outrageous and audacious to the point that it's sometimes painful to watch. Hilarious, though".[9]

EpisodeDate of broadcastRating
Episode 110 November 2013
Episode 217 November 2013
Episode 324 November 2013
Episode 41 December 2013
Episode 58 December 2013
Episode 615 December 2013

Series 3

It was announced in September 2014 that the show would return for a third series including items filmed in the United States.[10]

EpisodeDate of broadcastRating
Episode 17 October 2014
Episode 214 October 2014
Episode 321 October 2014
Episode 428 October 2014
Episode 54 November 2014
Episode 611 November 2014
Highlights Special18 November 2014

The Revolution Presents: Democracy Dealers
EpisodeDate of broadcastRating
Democracy Dealers18 February 2015
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gollark: Is this related to whatever bizarre encoding scheme they use?
gollark: My device is still warrantied but not having a laptop for ages while it gets repaired would be very inconvenient, so does anyone know how long this sort of thing generally takes to get fixed (or if there is a simple repair I can do, but I doubt it)?
gollark: I heard a "pop" noise earlier today when using my laptop (Legion 5, 2020, RTX 2060, i5-10300H), and it seems that now heavy GPU load causes a weird periodic buzzing noise (attached; sorry for the poor quality but I had to boost the volume lots for it to be audible, and also the recording is mostly fan noise). I figure it's a GPU power supply issue.
gollark: Discrete = always use dedicated GPU, dynamic = sometimes use integrated GPU, probably.

References
  1. "The Revolution Will Be Televised". BBC. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. "Interview Cheryl Cole 'stormed out of' to be aired, confirms BBC". Metro. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  3. Wollaston, Sam (22 August 2012). "TV review: The Revolution Will Be Televised". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  4. "Bafta TV awards 2013: List of winners". BBC News. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  5. "BBC Three - The Revolution Will Be Televised - Ewan Jeffries". BBC. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  6. "Week 20th – 26th August 2012". Screenwatch. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  7. "BBC Three confirms The Revolution Will Be Televised 2". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  8. "Jolyon Rubinstein Twitter". Jolyon Rubinstein. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  9. Wollaston, Sam. "The Revolution Will Be Televised; Downton Abbey – TV review". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  10. "The Revolution Will Be Televised returns to BBC Three for new series". BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
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