Tony Blair
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Stephen Mangan consigns Sheen's Tony Blair to history
Michael Sheen's decision to turn down The Hunt for Tony Blair gives Stephen Mangan the chance to outshine him.
Tim Walker, The Telegraph, 30th August 2011Comic Strip returns with Tony Blair on the run
The Hunt for Tony Blair premieres in Edinburgh, with Stephen Mangan as Blair and Jennifer Saunders as Lady Thatcher.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 26th August 2011When lampooning New Labour's no joke
The Comic Strip are returning with a satire targeting Tony Blair. Their timing couldn't be worse, says Gerard Gilbert.
Gerald Gilbert, The Independent, 5th July 2011Comic Strip reunite on Channel 4 to find Tony Blair
Rik Mayall, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane and Nigel Planer are amongst the cast of a new Comic Strip special called The Hunt For Tony Blair.
British Comedy Guide, 14th June 2011Bumbling. Accident-prone. Racist. Dead. As this documentary shows, dads have usually drawn the short straw in Britcoms from the 1950s on - unlike their sensible wives or drily witty teenage spore. If they're not being the butt of jokes, they're just odious: Geoffrey Palmer in Butterflies, Old Man Steptoe, or Alf Garnett (pleasing symmetry that Warren Mitchell's on-screen son-in-law Tony Booth latterly became a real-life father-in-law-from-Hell for Tony Blair). Features clips from the likes of Only Fools ... , The Royle Family and Gavin & Stacey.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 30th June 2010Rory Bremner as Tony Blair ahead of Chilcot Inquiry
Tony Blair, in the guise of Rory Bremner, previewed his appearance before the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War.
BBC News, 29th January 2010The three satirists continue to cast their jaundiced eyes over the recent financial meltdown and the failings of new Labour with a rage that hasn't been seen since the sleazy fag end of the last Conservative Government under John Major. Some of Bremner's impersonations, particularly Tony Blair and Ken Clarke, are almost uncanny, and there is a series of wonderful George Parr interviews between Bird and Fortune, especially those with John Bird as a smooth and unscrupulous banker. But the surprise star turn in the show is Gillian Tett, who - as assistant editor of the Financial Times - gives an entirely straight interview with Bremner about the early-warning signs of crisis. It's when you stop laughing that you realise she was being serious.
David Chater, The Times, 20th June 2009BBC denies axing political satire
The BBC has denied reports it is shelving a satirical Radio 4 comedy poking fun at Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell.
BBC News, 3rd February 2004BBC accused of cowardice as No 10 radio satire is dropped
The BBC was accused last night of "editorial cowardice" after it cancelled a satirical radio programme about the Hutton report in which Tony Blair is referred to as a liar.
Matt Born, The Telegraph, 3rd February 2004Radio 4 goes ahead with Hutton satire but cuts 'liar Blair'
The BBC yesterday performed a humiliating U-turn after the Telegraph revealed that a radio satire about the Hutton inquiry had been shelved amid fears that it would "upset Downing Street".
Matt Born, The Telegraph, 3rd February 2004