The Revolution Will Be Televised

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The Revolution Will Be Televised
Genre Comedy, satire
Created by
Starring
  • Heydon Prowse
  • Jolyon Rubinstein
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes19
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Hat Trick Productions
Release
Original network BBC Three
Original release22 August 2012 (2012-08-22) 
18 February 2015 (2015-02-18)
Related
Brexageddon?! (2016 TV film)
Revolting

The Revolution Will Be Televised is a British television satire show starring Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein, 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 Best Comedy Programme. [4]

Contents

Prowse and Rubinstein followed up The Revolution Will Be Televised with the TV film Brexageddon?! in 2016, then the prank/sketch show Revolting in 2017.

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

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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