All twelve episodes from the first series of the classic satirical puppet show. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet, the opposition, the Liberals, Ronald Reagan, the Pope and the Royal Family could all find themselves up for a painful ribbing on any given programme. The series was worked around the current week's news stories and featured a number of famous impressionists, including Chris Barrie, Rory Bremner, Phil Cornwell, Steve Coogan, John Culs find out more...

This hardhitting TV drama caused controversy at the time of it's screening, Bleasdale's characters capturing the despair of poverty in a bleak jobless 80s Liverpool and hitting a chord with the viewers - "gissa' job!" becoming a national catchphrase. find out more...

Episode 2, Moonlighter; Dixie has a job as a security guard and is strong-armed into accepting bribes for allowing the theft of goods from a docked ship under his charge. We also attend Snowy Malone's funeral. find out more...

Episode 4, Yosser's Story; the most quoted of the series. As Yosser's mental health disintegrates he struggles to prevent losing his children to the authorities. Graeme Souness and Sammy Lee of Liverpool FC make cameo appearances. find out more...

Imagine a brutal 'Office' type satire mixed with an up-dated 'Yes Minister' type setting. Armando Iannucci delivers as he carves a gleeful and expletive thick swathe through the corridors of power behind the claptrap of New Labour. Very, very funny and completely devoid of mercy, it's not hard to imagine that New Labour's PR department would prefer to catch the clap than be forced to sit through an episode… find out more...

Imagine a brutal 'Office' type satire mixed with an up-dated 'Yes Minister' type setting. Armando Iannucci delivers as he carves a gleeful and expletive thick swathe through the corridors of power behind the claptrap of New Labour. Very, very funny and completely devoid of mercy, it's not hard to imagine that New Labour's PR department would prefer to catch the clap than be forced to sit through an episode… find out more...

The king of spin, aka Malcolm Tucker, is on the brink of losing it. With the PM away Malcolm finds himself increasingly out of the loop, and when rumblings that his boss may finally be stepping down a desperate, expletive filled battle of wills begins between within the ranks of the spin men. Another slice of satirical genius from Mr Ianucci. find out more...

Let battle commence... the PM officially confirms he's standing down and in the panicked rush for a new candidate Malcolm looks like he's found himself on the wrong side of the fence. In this seesawing climate even Malcolm's morally void, conniving aggression may not be enough to blag him out of imminent unemployment. Damn fine stuff. find out more...

It's two weeks until Election Day, the President of the U.S of A has been caught with his pants down (Heaven forbid), and drastic measures are called for. So edgy White House aide Anne Heche summons spin doctor Robert De Niro, who conjures up a cunning plan to deflect public and media interest. Suddenly, the citizens of America find themselves in the middle of a fictitious war with Albania, while its orchestrators get increasingly carried away, to the extent of penning a morale-boosting charity find out more...