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Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs. Hosted by Deayton, with team captains Hislop (magazine columnist) and Merton (comedian) joined by, typically, a comedian and a politician, journalist or news figure - although an absent Labour politician was once famously replaced by a tub of lard! Regular rounds of Caption Competition, Odd One Out, What Happened Next and Missing Words are interspersed with running jokes: Deayton's senile mother, Hislop's Jimmy Somerville impersonation, the firm belief that all politicians are crooks...
25 January 1949, Salford, Manchester, England, UK
9 August 1952, Milltown of Rothiemay, Scotland, UK
13 July 1970, Hackney, London, England, UK
25 June 1962, Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK
25 October 1962, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
11 October 1982, London, England, UK
7 June 1969, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
18 May 1949, Perivale, Middlesex, England, UK
26 September 1963, Wales, UK
19 June 1947, Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
13 January 1965, Bath, Somerset, England, UK