Power Monkeys
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2016
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Sequel to Ballot Monkeys. A sitcom focusing on political characters that is filmed close to transmission. Stars Jack Dee, Claire Skinner, Liz Kingsman, Anthony Calf, Kevin McNally and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 6th July 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jack Dee | Oliver |
| Claire Skinner | Sara |
| Liz Kingsman | Ruby |
| Anthony Calf | Tony |
| Kevin McNally | Spencer |
| Andy Nyman | Gerry |
| Gwyneth Keyworth | Jackie |
| Archie Panjabi | Preeya |
| Amelia Bullmore | Lauren |
| Ayda Field | Bea |
| Robert Wilfort | Brett |
| Ben Willbond | Oleg |
| Alec Utgoff | Alexei |
| Andy Hamilton | Writer |
| Guy Jenkin | Writer |
| Mark Burton | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Lucy Guy | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Pete Sinclair | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Colin Swash | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Guy Jenkin | Director |
| Andy Hamilton | Director |
| Paul Schlesinger | Director |
| Neil Pearson | Director |
| Debbie Pisani (as Debs Pisani) | Producer |
| Jimmy Mulville | Executive Producer |
| Mark Williams | Editor |
| Robin Hill | Editor |
| Nick McPhee | Editor |
| Steve Tempia | Editor |
| Mo Holden | Production Designer |
| Philip Pope | Composer |
Press
With political reality increasingly stranger than fiction, it will be interesting to see where the final episode of Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's sporadically amusing referendum-based comedy takes us. Expect the Unity Unit to become increasingly desperate, Oleg to stop at nothing to get his way and Gerry to engage in a strange experiment with honesty. Which, in our post-truth political age, might be where the whole enterprise finally collapses into implausibility.
Phil Harrison, The Guardian, 6th July 2016TV review: Power Monkeys C4
Nobody can say that the writers of Power Monkeys have been short of material over the last six episodes. We've had shock votes, Trump, resignations a-go-go, imminent political collapse, leadership campaigns, betrayal and so much more. And it was still coming with the final episode which aired on the day of the publication of the Chilcot Enquiry.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 6th July 2016