Credits Gag: Everyone named in the credits is listed as a "Sir."
Food Slap: Maggie wakes up Denis in the morning by scalding him with a pot of tea.
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Brian Walden interviews Ian McGregor and Arthur Scargill while they're each locked in a pillory, jabbing them with a poker whenever they answer a question incorrectly.
Mooning: During the credits, Sir Anthony Childish leads the rest of the House in pressuring Maggie to show them her arse. She eventually relents.
Mr. Fanservice: Wham! sing a song all about how they credit their success to having great teeth, lips, hair and butts.
Not in My Backyard!: Stansted Airport is shown being vehemently opposed by protesting locals.
Parody Commercial: We see an advert for the magazine, "WhatCar Stereo Do You Wanna Have Stolen?" This week's issue features a special report on why thieves always leave your Nolan Sisters tapes on display for passers-by so that "they know you're a bit soppy."
Product Placement: Victoria Principal appears on the Russell Harty show to sell a used car.
Revenge: In Roy Jenkins Remembers, Roy suddenly remembers that he's the one who founded the SDP and not David Owen, which prompts him to hit David over the head with a mallet.
Subliminal Seduction: Played for Laughs when the show opens by pointing out that, in order for the IBA to accuse them of inserting illegal flash frames into the show, they would have had to have videotaped the programme, which itself would infringe the show's copyright.
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Chernenko explains that this is the reason why Gorbachev must never be made Premier. Unless he has a wife with a face like "a British boxing champion", he'll be no use in a crisis because he'd sooner play one last game of Comrade Wobble Hides his Helmet than take charge of the situation.
Vader Breath: Chernenko is shown wheezing out his last piece of advice while a Party member forces air into his lungs with a bicycle pump.
