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* SpySpeak: Leon Brittan struggles to get the hang of Heseltine's coded message.
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!!Provides examples of:
* AuthorFilibuster: {{Parodied|Trope}} when Creator/DustinHoffman turns to the camera to say that the real disaster movie unfolding right now is Thatcher's Britain.
* {{Crossdresser}}: Leon Brittan is shown dressing up in women's lingerie in his hotel room. The rest of the Tory party all dress up as stereotypical Dutch milkmaids.
* BoomHeadshot: Creator/ClintEastwood seems to fire a shot at Thatcher that sprays the wall with blood, but it turns out one it was just one of Leon Brittan's spots bursting at an inopportune moment.
* ExiledToTheCouch: Charles gets kicked out of his hotel room by Diana, leaving him to wander into the bar in his pyjamas.
* GenreSavvy: Creator/DustinHoffman realises that the diversity of the guests in the hotel bar means that that they must be in a DisasterMovie.
* {{Leatherman}}: Geoffrey Howe turns up to the secret Cabinet meeting leather gear because he thought he was supposed to come in "butch national dress" rather than Dutch national dress.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: The fish and the lamb in the restaurant try to act as disgusting as possible so that they don't get eaten.
* TheMagazineRule: Dimbleby can be seen reading a copy of ''Closed Circuit TV Times''.
* TheMole: Heseltine calls a Cabinet meeting to reveal his discovery that Margaret Thatcher is a Communist mole.
* TakeThat: The episode takes place at a [[BlandNameProduct Horrible Inn]]
* SillyPrayer: The Pope's half-hearted edition of the last rites turning into {{Scatting}}.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The episode opens with a cinematic opening credits sequence.
* SpySpeak: Leon Brittan struggles to get the hang of Heseltine's coded message.
* ShoutOut:
** The episode title is based on the [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man with No Name]]"
** Donald Sinden is serving on a jury where [[Film/TwelveAngryMen he's the only juror insisting that the accused is innocent.]]
** "[[StandardSnippet Night on Bald Mountain]]" plays while Newman and Dimbleby chase Lord Lucan.
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: The real Margaret Thatcher is realised from captivity and repairs all the damage done by her evil Communist robot counterpart.
* TextualCelebrityResemblance: Mark Thatcher is said to look like Creator/RichardChamberlain.
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: Newman and Dimbleby wait awkwardly with Lord Lucan when all three of them end up in a lift mid-chase.
* AuthorFilibuster: {{Parodied|Trope}} when Creator/DustinHoffman turns to the camera to say that the real disaster movie unfolding right now is Thatcher's Britain.
* {{Crossdresser}}: Leon Brittan is shown dressing up in women's lingerie in his hotel room. The rest of the Tory party all dress up as stereotypical Dutch milkmaids.
* BoomHeadshot: Creator/ClintEastwood seems to fire a shot at Thatcher that sprays the wall with blood, but it turns out one it was just one of Leon Brittan's spots bursting at an inopportune moment.
* ExiledToTheCouch: Charles gets kicked out of his hotel room by Diana, leaving him to wander into the bar in his pyjamas.
* GenreSavvy: Creator/DustinHoffman realises that the diversity of the guests in the hotel bar means that that they must be in a DisasterMovie.
* {{Leatherman}}: Geoffrey Howe turns up to the secret Cabinet meeting leather gear because he thought he was supposed to come in "butch national dress" rather than Dutch national dress.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: The fish and the lamb in the restaurant try to act as disgusting as possible so that they don't get eaten.
* TheMagazineRule: Dimbleby can be seen reading a copy of ''Closed Circuit TV Times''.
* TheMole: Heseltine calls a Cabinet meeting to reveal his discovery that Margaret Thatcher is a Communist mole.
* TakeThat: The episode takes place at a [[BlandNameProduct Horrible Inn]]
* SillyPrayer: The Pope's half-hearted edition of the last rites turning into {{Scatting}}.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The episode opens with a cinematic opening credits sequence.
* SpySpeak: Leon Brittan struggles to get the hang of Heseltine's coded message.
* ShoutOut:
** The episode title is based on the [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man with No Name]]"
** Donald Sinden is serving on a jury where [[Film/TwelveAngryMen he's the only juror insisting that the accused is innocent.]]
** "[[StandardSnippet Night on Bald Mountain]]" plays while Newman and Dimbleby chase Lord Lucan.
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: The real Margaret Thatcher is realised from captivity and repairs all the damage done by her evil Communist robot counterpart.
* TextualCelebrityResemblance: Mark Thatcher is said to look like Creator/RichardChamberlain.
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: Newman and Dimbleby wait awkwardly with Lord Lucan when all three of them end up in a lift mid-chase.
