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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: RealLife [[Creator/{{ITV}} Central]] [[ContinuityAnnouncement continuity announcer]] Stewart White interrupts a sketch claiming that the show has fallen foul of technical difficulties. He says they can instead show the viewers the silver medal winner from the Montreux TV festival (''Spitting Image'' had come away with the bronze). This is in fact another sketch of two Finnish men reciting British comedy catchphrases.

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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: RealLife [[Creator/{{ITV}} Central]] [[ContinuityAnnouncement continuity announcer]] {{continuity announce|ment}}r Stewart White interrupts a sketch claiming that the show has fallen foul of technical difficulties. He says they can instead show the viewers the silver medal winner from the Montreux TV festival (''Spitting Image'' had come away with the bronze). This is in fact another sketch of two Finnish men reciting British comedy catchphrases.
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: Denis Healey complains about not getting any lines in the first BBC Sweater sketch, claiming dolefully that it's "just bad writing."

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* WhoWritesThisCrap: Denis Healey complains about not getting any lines in the first BBC Sweater sketch, claiming dolefully that it's "just bad writing.""
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* ForgottenTrope: The episode opens with ''Jesus, Haven't You Gone to Bed Yet?'', a [[ParodiedTrope parody]] of the sermonettes that used to air late at night on both Creator/TheBBC and Creator/{{ITV}}. Here, a particularly [[TheBore dull]] [[TheVicar vicar]] has his show interrupted by The Pope in control room, who complains that his sermon is too boring.

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* ForgottenTrope: {{Sermonette}}: The episode opens with ''Jesus, Haven't You Gone to Bed Yet?'', a [[ParodiedTrope parody]] of the sermonettes that used to air late at night on both Creator/TheBBC and Creator/{{ITV}}. Here, a particularly [[TheBore dull]] [[TheVicar vicar]] has his show interrupted by The Pope in control room, who complains that his sermon is too boring.
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: Denis Healey complains about not getting any lines in the first BBC Sweater sketch, claims dolefully that it's "just bad writing."

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* WhoWritesThisCrap: Denis Healey complains about not getting any lines in the first BBC Sweater sketch, claims claiming dolefully that it's "just bad writing."
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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: RealLife [[Creator/{{ITV}} Central]] [[ContinuityAnnouncement continuity announcer]] Stewart White interrupts a sketch claiming that the show has fallen foul of technical difficulties. He says they can instead show the viewers the silver medal winner from the Montreux TV festival (''Spitting Image'' had come away with the bronze). This is in fact another sketch of two Finnish fisherman reciting British comedy catchphrases.

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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: RealLife [[Creator/{{ITV}} Central]] [[ContinuityAnnouncement continuity announcer]] Stewart White interrupts a sketch claiming that the show has fallen foul of technical difficulties. He says they can instead show the viewers the silver medal winner from the Montreux TV festival (''Spitting Image'' had come away with the bronze). This is in fact another sketch of two Finnish fisherman men reciting British comedy catchphrases.
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* BurgerFool: HAROLD ANGRYPERSON complains that when there's no one in UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}}, you always end up getting served by the staff member with the most acne.


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* CreativeClosingCredits: The credits over the Finnish Montreux entry are all written out in cod Finnish,
* CurseCutShort: The sketch cut off by the "technical difficulties" hints at this, with Barbara Cartland saying to her hairdresser, "Did you know I f-"


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* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: RealLife [[Creator/{{ITV}} Central]] [[ContinuityAnnouncement continuity announcer]] Stewart White interrupts a sketch claiming that the show has fallen foul of technical difficulties. He says they can instead show the viewers the silver medal winner from the Montreux TV festival (''Spitting Image'' had come away with the bronze). This is in fact another sketch of two Finnish fisherman reciting British comedy catchphrases.
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* ForgottenTrope: The episode opens with ''Jesus, Haven't You Gone to Bed Yet?'', a [[ParodiedTrope parody]] of the sermonettes that used to air late at night on both Creator/TheBBC and Creator/{{ITV}}. Here, a particularly [[TheBore dull]] [[TheVicar vicar]] has his show interrupted by The Pope in control room, who complains that his sermon is too boring.
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* CallBack: ''Murder Most Fowler'' has a SpiritualSuccessor in the form of ''The Return of Parkenstein''.

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* CallBack: ''Murder Most Fowler'' has a an InUniverse SpiritualSuccessor in the form of ''The Return of Parkenstein''.
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* DreamSequence: Geoffrey Howe dreams of being congratulated by the Prime Minister and his colleagues for solving an international crisis, only for Thatcher to slap him awake to let him know that he's screwed something up again.
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* CallBack: ''Murder Most Fowler'' has a SpirtualSuccessor in the form of ''The Return of Parkenstein''.

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* CallBack: ''Murder Most Fowler'' has a SpirtualSuccessor SpiritualSuccessor in the form of ''The Return of Parkenstein''.
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* CallBack: ''Murder Most Fowler'' has a SpirtualSuccessor in the form of ''The Return of Parkenstein''.
* DorkInASweater: There's a dispute over who gets to wear the official BBC Sweater, which presumably exists to help presenters cultivate a more approachable image.
* WhoWritesThisCrap: Denis Healey complains about not getting any lines in the first BBC Sweater sketch, claims dolefully that it's "just bad writing."

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