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Created By
Will Smith
Roger Drew
Time Trumpet
Overview
Set in the year 2031, this mockumentary looks back at events that ostensibly happened during the first 30 years of the 21st century. The series follows a format that co-creator Armando Iannucci previously used in his satirical year-in-review programme '2004: The Stupid Version'.
Key Crew
Producer: Armando Iannucci, Adam Tandy
Writer: Will Smith, Roger Drew, Armando Iannucci
Top Cast
Richard Ayoade
Jo Enright
Stewart Lee
Adam Buxton
Matthew Holness
Armando Iannucci
Mark Watson
Seasons
Season 0 (2004)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: 2004 - The Stupid Version
2004-12-31An uneven but generally entertaining end-of-year report on 2004, filtered through the satirical gaze of Armando Iannucci and his team. Some of the material hit home - particularly the news footage of US politicians, re-edited to create a montage of scare-mongering catchphrases - and the whole concoction was a refreshing antidote to the standard one-dimensional retrospectives clogging the schedules every December.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Clinton - His Struggle with Dirt
1998-11-02A mockumentary taking a comic-look at how the Lewinsky scandal is perceived in the year 2028.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Armando Iannucci Presents The Greatest Worst Bits of Comic Relief
2007-03-17Part of Red Nose Day 2007, a fundraising event organised by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of March 16, 2007 to early the following morning. This is a short spoof documentary exposing the "truth" behind many Comic Relief moments. Narrated by the wonderful Armando Iannucci and featuring Emma Thompson, Mark Watson, Joanna Neary, Richard Ayoade, David Sant, Andy Zaltzman, Adam Buxton, Matthew Holness, Paul Whitehouse, Rob Brydon, and more.
Runtime: 30 min
Season 1 (2006)
No overview available.
6 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2006-08-03Sixty-year-olds Ant and Dec talk about the day Charlotte Church vomited herself inside out. Plus the end of Blair, the rise and fall of David Cameron and a very old Tom Cruise. Also featuring Stewart Lee, Richard Ayoade, Matt Holness, Adam Buxton.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Episode 2
2006-08-10A look back at Tony Blair's resignation, the launch of June Sarpong's Monkey Donkey Question Time and Ant and Dec's special report into the binge drinking hell that is Britain in 2031.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Episode 3
2006-08-17Vera Drake vs Predator The Liberal Democrats The environment Jamie Oliver's cloned food Evolving language Beckham modifications
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Episode 4
2006-08-24Stewart Lee, Jo Enright, Mark Watson, Adam Buxton and Richard Ayaode remember the Royal referendum between King Charles and Helen Mirren and the war between Tesco and Denmark. Also featuring the hi-tech remake of Last of the Summer Wine and Rape An Ape - the most popular television programmes ever made.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Episode 5
2006-08-31Events include: the war in Iraq, the Hutton Report, Colin Powell's UN Address and the death of Geoff Hoon. Plus, Anne Robinson and David Beckham's ill-fated talk show, the Stars In Their Eyes scandal, Bob Geldof's follow-up to Live 8 and the rise and fall and rise and fall of Noel Edmonds.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Episode 6
2006-09-07Pundits Adam Buxton, Stewart Lee, Mark Watson, Richard Ayaode, Matt Holness, David Sant, Jo Neary and Jo Enright look back from 2031 at the rise of TV evangelism and the Songs of Praise scandal, the relaunch of a nicer BNP and the tragedy that befell the London 2012 Olympics. Also featured is Vernon Kay, who couldn't stop growing.
Runtime: 30 min
