top of page
Search

BBC Parliament part-scripted reality show



In a Panorama exclusive tonight, after three and a half years of meticulous investigation, Laura Kuenssberg finally reveals what the cameras in the House of Commons are actually recording – a carefully staged, partly improvised showcase of what might happen in that grand building if we actually had a proper government.


Through interviews with the show’s writers, Richard Curtis, Jo Brand, E L James and Gary Delaney, and explorations of the daily lives of actors Pev Datel (Rishi Sunak), Kory Rinnear (Dominic Raab), Cevin Kostner (Sir Keir Starmer) and Biona Fruce (Angela Rayner), Panorama reveals the truth behind the intricately constructed media sensation which was finally outed when the penny dropped that this week’s PMQs tussle between Dominic and Angela could only have been scripted by the author of Fifty Shades of Grey.


Watch ‘Illusion of Government’ on BBC One at 9pm tonight.





First published 2 April 2023


If you enjoyed this archive item, why not buy thousands of archive stories found in our eBooks, paperbacks and hardbacks?



















New police reality show tells it like it is


If you only watch one police fly-on-the-wall documentary this spring, then WATCH THIS ONE.


The show takes you BEHIND THE SCENES at the Met, revealing the highs and lows of police procedure, played out before your very eyes. It’s a real eye opener. Eye watering, even.


The shows camera teams received, exclusive, unfettered and unfiltered access to police work behind the scenes. Finally, you get to see beyond the car chases, the sirens, the fights, the smashed in doors and the mass taserings. Only the legally dodgy bits are redacted. This is the REAL DEAL.  


Watch it TONIGHT - ‘Real Secrets Of 24 Hours Of Extreme Police Paperwork’. Only on Channel 5. You’ll be amazed what you can do with a sharpened pencil.



Image credit: perchance.org

Trump v BBC law suit will likely force some changes in programming



'We've entrusted the BBC's governors to oversee our defence against President Trump's libel suit,' said a spokes-antenna for the corporation, 'and that almost definitely means we'll lose the case and have to pay him a fortune.


'With that in mind," continued the spokes-cheque, "we're replacing our regular TV schedule with an exciting new economy line of programmes.


'East Enders will be replaced with Ceased Enders, where viewers can watch scene shifters take apart the set on Albert Square so it can be flogged to Sky.


'Top Gearbox will see the madcap team go to a Unipart warehouse to compare gearboxes for price and quality.


'There'll be Dr Who Can Lend Us A Fiver and our new charity fundraiser, Corporation in Need.


'And everyday we'll be screening an exhilarating new psycho-drama called Transmission Test Card, featuring a girl playing noughts and crosses with a creepy clown doll.


'We're expecting the whole of Britain to be riveted to their screens, waiting for him to come to life and draw a nought.


Traitor - live coverage via smartphone of the internal enquiry into who edited the Panorama footage of Trump's speech


Unfortunately, we can't give you any more examples of new cut price programmes but others believed to be under consideration are.


Corporation In Need

Ronnie Barker in Open on Tuesday Afternoons Only

Physician Assistant Who

Race Across The Isle of Wight Celebrity Love Handles

The Only Show

Celebrity Race to the Bus Station Gone Fly Tipping

Shoplifting in Paradise


hat-tips: sirlupus, deskpilot, lockjaw


bottom of page