Heydon Prowse

You can't imagine Jolyon Rubinstein or Heydon Prowse getting elected as prime minister but they do wage a bold revolution against 'hypocrisy, greed, and corruption' in this snortingly funny satire. There are street pranks targeting bankers and government officials, spoof news pieces that have a whiff of The Day Today about them, and a campaigning zeal that would make Mark Thomas proud.

Sharon Lougher and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 22nd August 2012

There's more than one way to make a prank show, as we're reminded tonight by BBC Three's new series The Revolution Will Be Televised (10pm).

Rather than just winding up random people for the hell of it, although obviously that's great fun as well, pranksters Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein set out to humiliate the greedy, the corrupt, the hypocritical etc.

In one sketch tonight, for example, they take to the streets to raise funds for a spoof organisation they call GUBOFMYC, designed to humiliate bankers.

I couldn't possibly get away with telling you what those initials actually stand for, but trust me, you won't disagree with the sentiments...

Mike Ward, Daily Star, 22nd August 2012

There are shades of Chris Morris, Mark Thomas and Dom Joly in this new series, a politically skewed news and sketch-based satire. The programme-makers have already hit the headlines in a stunt when the Chancellor George Osborne was handed a GCSE book to help with his maths skills at a speech to bankers. Now seeking out corruption, greed and hypocrisy, Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein aim to humiliate and expose everyone from bankers and celebrities to Olympic organisers and tax-avoiding diplomats. Funny up to a point, even if you get the impression it's been done more artfully before.

Simon Horsford, The Telegraph, 21st August 2012