The award winning The Revolution Will Be Televised returned, with its stars Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein back to true form.
The sketches that take place in the show vary hugely in scale and wit but very few are amiss. During the course of the last two series the show has featured simple set ups such as Dale Maily – “fearless hetero journalist” – talking to members of the EDL about their policies, or Heydon and Jolyon donning orange and blue ties respectively then pretending to be members of the Lib Dem and Conservative Parties and handing George Osborne a GCSE Maths text book to help with the economy, or simply placing honest subtitles underneath political speeches.
As I mentioned before the show is very satirical, with Heydon and Jolyon taking on major issues currently in the public eye, rather than just making a fools of themselves and others. In past series they have had a swipe at MPs expenses, the privatisation of the NHS, and many other companies for various different reasons. The show has a conscience, there are very few sketches or set ups that do not have a clear and powerful message. The show highlights many injustices around the world and seeks to bring them into the public eye, both on a small scale during the sketch and then on a much larger scale through the broadcast. It is this conscience that I believe places the show very high on the list of British comedy at the moment, and makes it worthy of the acclaim it has received.
It is a shame however that critical acclaim and popularity could potentially herald the death of the show. Inevitably, as the show becomes more popular in the UK, and Heydon and Jolyon more famous, the pair will no longer be able to make the same impact in the way in which they have been. So, perhaps, in a selfish way, I think you shouldn’t watch it and let it live a little longer.