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* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. One sketch has a squaddie pointing out some of the fringe benefits of joining the army.

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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-AM's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-AM eggcups.

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The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-AM's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-AM eggcups.
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A SketchComedy Series running from 1991 to 1996 with a focus on Black and South Asian culture.

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A SketchComedy Series series running from 1991 to 1996 with a focus on Black and South Asian culture.
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** Music/MCHammer raps about his poor eyesight.
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* RainbowLens: One sketch features the leader of an unnamed African nation summoning his son, Sebastian to tell him that it's time to put aside his childish hobbies, like crochet and crossdressing so that he can make a start on his harem of wives. This leads to Sebastian telling him that he is "not as other men" and that he wants to be the Tory MP for Cheltenham.

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* {{Bollywood}} CarpetOfVirility: Pinkie's male costar in her latest film wears an outfit that shows off his chest hair.


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* QueerPeopleAreFunny: A sketch in the opening episode features two runners posturing about whose jumpsuit looks best, with the joke seemingly being that they're two feminine men who like sequins.
* RainbowLens: One sketch features the leader of an unnamed African nation summoning his son, Sebastian to tell him that it's time to put aside his childish hobbies, like crochet and crossdressing so that he can make a start on his harem of wives. This leads to Sebastian telling him that he is "not as other men" and that he wants to be the Tory MP for Cheltenham.
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* {{Bollywood}}
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* MistakenForRacist: One sketch features a gang of robbers being sentence, with one black gang member and the rest being white. The white gang members all had major parts, but get light sentences. The black member is the getaway driver, and is sent down for hard time. He complains that the sentencing is racist, and that all he did was drive the getaway car and while doing so crashed into another car. 'Yes', the judge agrees, 'but it was my car'.

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* MistakenForRacist: One sketch features a gang of robbers being sentence, sentenced, with one black gang member and the rest being white. The white gang members all had major parts, but get light sentences. The black member is the getaway driver, and is sent down for hard time. He complains that the sentencing is racist, and that all he did was drive the getaway car and while doing so crashed into another car. 'Yes', the judge agrees, 'but it was my car'.
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* MistakenForRacist: One sketch features a gang of robbers being sentence, with one black gang member and the rest being white. The white gang members all had major parts, but get light sentences. The black member is the getaway driver, and is sent down for hard time. He complains that the sentencing is racist, and that all he did was drive the getaway car and while doing so crashed into another car. 'Yes', the judge agrees, 'but it was my car'.
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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-AM's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-Am eggcups.

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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-AM's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-Am TV-AM eggcups.
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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-AM's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-A eggcups.

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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-AM's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-A TV-Am eggcups.
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A SketchComedy Series running from 1991 to 1996, focussing on Black and South Asian culture.

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A SketchComedy Series running from 1991 to 1996, focussing 1996 with a focus on Black and South Asian culture.



* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: {{Downplayed|Trope}}

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* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: {{Downplayed|Trope}}{{Downplayed|Trope}}. One sketch has a squaddie pointing out some of the fringe benefits of joining the army.
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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-am eggcups.

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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's TV-AM's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-am TV-A eggcups.
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%%* TomatoSurprise* TomatoSurprise: One sketch features a family at the dinner table where the youngest of the two kids claims that he's an alien. Later, his parents wonder if he's been behaving oddly because he feels left out of the family for some reason, and the camera pulls back to reveal that [[spoiler:the three of them have merfolk tails.]]
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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-am eggcups.

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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.'' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-am eggcups.eggcups.
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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This?'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.''

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* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: At the newsdesk on ''WHAT! Time You Call This Britain'', Collette flatly announces that the main headline is that she wants a baby before passing over to Llewella for the weather.
* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This?'' This Britain'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.'''' The news desk even has a broken egg logo similar to the TV-am eggcups.
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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.''

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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This'' This?'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.''
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A SketchComedy Series running from 1991 to 1996, focussing on Black and South Asian culture.

Not to be confused with the Creator/KimBasinger [[Film/TheRealMcCoy film of the same name]].

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* ShoutOut: The set of ''WHAT! Time You Call This'' bears a pretty strong resemblance to the set of TV-am's ''Good Morning Britain.''

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