Provides examples of:
- Black Comedy Rape: Implied in the recap of the debate over the PACE bill in the Commons.Thatcher: Norman, Michael, spread his legs!
- Dirty Cop: Newman shows Brittan the new breathalyser, which is rigged to show the subject as being over the limit whenever the police want it to.
- Harassing Phone Call: Brittan walks in on Newman breathing heavily into a phone receiver before he hangs up with a guilty look on his face.
- Product Placement: In the celebrity surgery programme, the leading surgeon is wearing several stickers for pharmaceutical products on his scrubs.
- Strawman News Media: Sir Robin Day interviews Margaret Thatcher, who claims that she has a hard time dealing with President Mitterrand because of his constant swearing. When Mitterrand appears on the programme to make respond, Day starts bleeping him before he can get a word in.
