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* ItsBeenDone: A Series/DragonsDen portion features two men who are showing off their newest development... a cake shield. They are told by one of the presenters that he has one of these at his house.

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* ItsBeenDone: A Series/DragonsDen ''Series/DragonsDen'' portion features two men who are showing off their newest development... a cake shield. They are told by one of the presenters that he has one of these at his house.



* ProductPlacement: PlayedForLaughs. Apparently, the [=BBC=] will eventually relax their product placement rules. This leads to such incidents such as [=MullerRice=] getting a lot of focused shots on an episode of Series/{{Spooks}}, Series/SongsOfPraise advertising Kellogg's products in their hymns, and [=KP=] insisting that the sound of cracking peanuts be heard in the opening of Series/UniversityChallenge.

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* ProductPlacement: PlayedForLaughs. Apparently, the [=BBC=] will eventually relax their product placement rules. This leads to such incidents such as [=MullerRice=] getting a lot of focused shots on an episode of Series/{{Spooks}}, Series/SongsOfPraise ''Series/{{Spooks}}'', ''Series/SongsOfPraise'' advertising Kellogg's products in their hymns, and [=KP=] insisting that the sound of cracking peanuts be heard in the opening of Series/UniversityChallenge.''Series/UniversityChallenge''.
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''Time Trumpet'' is a satirical show released by Creator/ArmandoIannucci that was released in 2006. The show is a parody of the TalkingHeads type of show. Set in 2031, it is a retrospective documentary which has celebrities look back at the increasingly bizarre events at the turn of the 21st Century. Each episode would also usually have a theme around it (e.g the Olympics, Binge Drinking in Britain) and is based off of Iannucci's previous works, ''Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt'' and ''2004: The Stupid Edition''.

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''Time Trumpet'' is a satirical show released by Creator/ArmandoIannucci that was released in 2006. The show is a parody of the TalkingHeads type of show. Set in 2031, it is a retrospective documentary which that has celebrities look back at the increasingly bizarre events at the turn of the 21st Century. Each episode would also usually have a theme around it (e.g the Olympics, Binge Drinking in Britain) and is based off of on Iannucci's previous works, ''Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt'' and ''2004: The Stupid Edition''.



* {{Blackface}}: One of the shows under David Cameron ("The Black and Asian Minstrel Show"), uses this trope. It's noted to have had the best of intentions but to have done more harm than good as a result.

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* {{Blackface}}: One of the shows under David Cameron ("The Black and Asian Minstrel Show"), uses this trope. It's noted to have had the best of intentions but to have has done more harm than good as a result.



* [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Woman]]: ''Honey, I Shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a significantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.
* ItsBeenDone: A Series/DragonsDen portion features two men who are showing off their newest development... a cake shield. They are involved by one of the presenters that he has one of these at his house.

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* [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Woman]]: ''Honey, I Shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, Series/{{Newsnight}}, featured a significantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.
* ItsBeenDone: A Series/DragonsDen portion features two men who are showing off their newest development... a cake shield. They are involved told by one of the presenters that he has one of these at his house.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sebastian Coe has this reaction when he kills Collins, to the point that he actively seeked out policeman so that he would get thrown in jail.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sebastian Coe has this reaction when he kills Collins, to the point that he actively seeked seeks out policeman policemen so that he would get thrown in jail.



* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: The death of Geoff Hoon in 2009 was this, with everyone celebrating loudly in response to to his death. There was even a New Year's Eve style countdown to it.

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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: The death of Geoff Hoon in 2009 was this, with everyone celebrating loudly in response to to his death. There was even a New Year's Eve style Eve-style countdown to it.
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* ExtyYearsFromNow: The documentary is set exactly 25 years from the airing of the show.

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* ExtyYearsFromNow: ExtyYearsFromPublication: The documentary is set exactly 25 years from the airing of the show.
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* SpinOff: One of the sketches of the show was later spun off into an Irish TV show, ''Soupy Norman'', which ran for one season in 2007.

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* SpinOff: One of the sketches of the show was later spun off into an Irish TV show, ''Soupy Norman'', ''Series/SoupyNorman'', which ran for one season in 2007.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The documentary is set in 2031, twenty-five years after the airing of the show. From what we see of the future, cloning exists, meat is a source of energy and it's possible to turn yourself into a centaur.
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* {{Blackface}}: One of the shows under David Cameron ("The Black and Asian Minstrel Show"), uses this trope. It's noted to have had the best of intentions but to have done more harm than good as a result.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Sebastian Coe has this reaction when he kills Collins, to the point that he actively seeked out policeman so that he would get thrown in jail.
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* CandidCameraPrank: In episode 6, Justin Lee Collins tells Sebastian Coe that the 2012 Olympics was actually a prank by him for ''Series/TheFridayNightProject'', actually having gone to Paris instead. Coe and the nation... don't take it very well and start braying for his blood.


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* FunnyTShirt: Two people try to promote their novelty t-shirts on ''Series/DragonsDen'', with the one seen on-screen being one with "Old And Breathless" at the front and "Not" at the back.
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* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The British National Party, who hate Blacks and burn down the houses of those who don't agree with their policies. They actually make it into Government by the end of the Series.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: The death of Geoff Hoon was this, with everyone celebrating loudly in response to to his death. There was even a New Year's Eve style countdown to it.

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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: The death of Geoff Hoon in 2009 was this, with everyone celebrating loudly in response to to his death. There was even a New Year's Eve style countdown to it.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: The death of Geoff Hoon was this, with everyone celebrating loudly in response to to his death. There was even a New Year's Eve style countdown to it.
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* ProductPlacement: PlayedForLaughs. Apparently, the [=BBC=] will eventually relax their product placement rules. This leads to such incidents such as [=MullerRice=] getting a lot of focused shots on an episode of Series/{{Spooks}}, Series/SongsOfPraise advertising Kellogg's products in their hymns, and [=KP=] insisting that the sound of cracking peanuts be heard in the opening of Series/UniversityChallenge.

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* BodyHorror: Charlotte Church once vomited so vigourously, she turned herself inside out. Later in the same episode, David Beckham is revealed to have had a vagina stiched onto his arm.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tom Cruise is certainly a bit...''out there'' in this show. For instance, in one episode, he claims he is "pound for pound the world's strongest man"

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* BodyHorror: Charlotte Church once vomited so vigourously, vigorously, she turned herself inside out. Later in the same episode, David Beckham is revealed to have had a vagina stiched stitched onto his arm.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tom Cruise is certainly a bit...''out '' out there'' in this show. For instance, in one episode, he claims he is "pound for pound the world's strongest man"



* DeadlineNews: Occurs in Episode 5. Whilst discussing how death was everywhere at the time, it cuts to the [=BBC=] News presenters talking about natural disasters. Cue a large flood crashing down on them and cutting off the news report.



* [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Woman]]: ''Honey, I Shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a signifcantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.

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* [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Woman]]: ''Honey, I Shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a signifcantly significantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.



* ShowWithinAShow: Being a documentary which evaluates the cultural impact of the early 21st Century, this is a given. Some key examples include ''Rape An Ape'', ''Painting A Wall'', and ''Splicy Slicey''.
* SpinOff: One of the sketches of the sketches was later spun off into an Irish TV show, ''Soupy Norman'', which ran for one season in 2007.

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* ShowWithinAShow: Being a documentary which that evaluates the cultural impact of the early 21st Century, this is a given. Some key examples include ''Rape An Ape'', ''Painting A Wall'', and ''Splicy Slicey''.
* SpinOff: One of the sketches of the sketches show was later spun off into an Irish TV show, ''Soupy Norman'', which ran for one season in 2007.
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* SpinOff: One of the sketches of the sketches was later spun off into an Irish TV show, ''Soupy Norman'', which ran in 2007.

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* SpinOff: One of the sketches of the sketches was later spun off into an Irish TV show, ''Soupy Norman'', which ran for one season in 2007.
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''Time Trumpet'' is a satirical show released by Creator/ArmandoIannucci that was released in 2006. The show is a parody of the TalkingHeads type of show. Set in 2031, it is a retrospective documentary which has celebrities look back at the increasingly bizarre events of the turn of the 21st Century. Each episode would also usually have a theme around it (e.g the Olympics, Binge Drinking in Britain) and is based off of Iannucci's previous works, ''Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt'' and ''2004: The Stupid Edition''.

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''Time Trumpet'' is a satirical show released by Creator/ArmandoIannucci that was released in 2006. The show is a parody of the TalkingHeads type of show. Set in 2031, it is a retrospective documentary which has celebrities look back at the increasingly bizarre events of at the turn of the 21st Century. Each episode would also usually have a theme around it (e.g the Olympics, Binge Drinking in Britain) and is based off of Iannucci's previous works, ''Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt'' and ''2004: The Stupid Edition''.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tom Cruise is certainly a bit..out there. For instance, in one episode, he claims he is "pound for pound the world's strongest man"

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tom Cruise is certainly a bit..out there.bit...''out there'' in this show. For instance, in one episode, he claims he is "pound for pound the world's strongest man"

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* BloodOnTheDebateFloor: The tension between Blair and Brown is interpreted by the documentary as them physically fighting each other in several shots.



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tom Cruise is certainly a bit..out there. For instance, in one episode, he claims he is "pound for pound the world's strongest man"



* RunningGag: The episodes would usually end with the documentary catching up with Creator/TomCruise, who would make increasingly bizarre claims.



* VocalDissonance: ''The Girl with the voice of UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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* VocalDissonance: ''The Girl with the voice of With The Voice Of UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Being a documentary which evaluates the cultural impact of the early 21st Century, this is a given. Some key examples include ''Rape An Ape'', ''Painting A Wall'', and ''Splicy Slicey''.

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* ExtyYearsFromNow: The documentary is set exactly 25 years from the airing of the show.



* VocalDissonance: ''The Girl with the voice of UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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* {{Mockumentary}}: The show is a fictional documentary from 2031 which is about what life was like at the turn of the century from those who lived through it.
* SpinOff: One of the sketches of the sketches was later spun off into an Irish TV show, ''Soupy Norman'', which ran in 2007.
* VocalDissonance: ''The Girl with the voice of UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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* [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Woman]]: ''Honey, I shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a signifcantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.

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* [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Woman]]: ''Honey, I shrunk Shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a signifcantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.HeliumSpeech.
* ItsBeenDone: A Series/DragonsDen portion features two men who are showing off their newest development... a cake shield. They are involved by one of the presenters that he has one of these at his house.
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* ''IncredibleShrinkingWoman: ''Honey, I shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a signifcantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.
* VocalDissonance: ''The Girl with the voice of Creator/BorisJohnson'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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* ''IncredibleShrinkingWoman: [[IncredibleShrinkingMan Incredible Shrinking Woman]]: ''Honey, I shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a signifcantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.
* VocalDissonance: ''The Girl with the voice of Creator/BorisJohnson'', UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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* BodyHorror: Charlotte Church once vomited so vigourously, she turned herself inside out. Later in the sampe episode, David Beckham is revealed to have had a vagina stiched onto his arm.

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* BodyHorror: Charlotte Church once vomited so vigourously, she turned herself inside out. Later in the sampe same episode, David Beckham is revealed to have had a vagina stiched onto his arm.arm.
* CorporateWarfare: Episode 4 has one brief sketch focusing on a war between Denmark and ''Tesco''.
* ''IncredibleShrinkingWoman: ''Honey, I shrunk Martha Kearney'', a revamp of Series/Newsnight, featured a signifcantly smaller Martha Kearney, complete with HeliumSpeech.
* VocalDissonance: ''The Girl with the voice of Creator/BorisJohnson'', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
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''Time Trumpet'' is a satirical show released by Creator/ArmandoIannucci that was released in 2006. The show is a parody of the TalkingHeads type of show. Set in 2031, it is a retrospective documentary which has celebrities look back at the increasingly bizarre events of the turn of the 21st Century. Each episode would also usually have a theme around it (e.g the Olympics, Binge Drinking in Britain) and is based off of Iannucci's previous works, ''Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt'' and ''2004: The Stupid Edition''.

!!This show contains the following tropes.
* BodyHorror: Charlotte Church once vomited so vigourously, she turned herself inside out. Later in the sampe episode, David Beckham is revealed to have had a vagina stiched onto his arm.

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