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  • In the satirical TV sketch show ''[[Spitting Image]]'', in which news figures and celebritie [[Category:British songs]]
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  • '''''The Frost Report''''' is a [[w:satirical|satirical]] [[w:television|television]] show hosted by [[David Frost]]. It introduced ...ulie Felix|Julie Felix]], while [[w:Tom Lehrer|Tom Lehrer]] also performed songs in a few episodes.
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  • ...f> Each episode lasted for half an hour and consisted of topical sketches, songs and one-liners. [[Category:Satirical radio programmes]]
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  • ...appeared as extras in sketches. The programme itself comprised a series of satirical sketches, often presented in a surreal, absurd and discontinuous style –
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  • [[Category:1983 songs]] [[Category:Monty Python songs]]
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  • :"We sang songs, those nostalgic slushy moon-June love songs that had fucked-up my generation. ... If I sang a song, I was [[w:Bing Cros [[Category:British satirical novels]]
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  • During his journey, Travis learns the lesson, reinforced by numerous songs in the soundtrack by [[Alan Price]], that he must abandon his principles in ...indicating where he would like songs to appear. Price wrote nearly all the songs before filming started.<ref>{{cite video |people=Price, Alan (score) |date=
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  • ...composing songs for a weekly [[List of satirical television news programs|satirical programme]] on [[Tyne Tees Television]] and then moved to London where he w
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  • | name = Songs for Swingin' Sellers ...our and mimicry. The album was titled as a play on [[Frank Sinatra]]'s ''[[Songs for Swingin' Lovers!]]'' and much of its contents pointedly satirises [[po
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  • ...he Week That Was''''', informally '''''TWTWTW''''' or '''''TW3''''', was a satirical television comedy programme on [[BBC Television]] in 1962 and 1963. It was ...f the week just gone. [[Lance Percival]] sang a topical calypso each week. Satirical targets, such as Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]] and [[Home Secretary]]
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  • ..." no longer perform in handcuffs, and will espouse religious themes in his songs. Shorter's equilibrium becomes more shaky; at a picnic where lobster is ser ...Shorter's back up band "The Runner Beans," sings the traditional religious songs "Onward Christian Soldiers" and "Jerusalem." A soundtrack album was release
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  • ...nnes's songs were released on a soundtrack album (the CD version added six songs omitted from the original vinyl album) named ''[[The Rutles (album)|The Rut [[Category:British satirical films]]
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  • ...ankau|Julia Davis Frankau]], who would later become a celebrated writer of satirical novels.<ref>Aryeh Newman, "From Exile to Exit: the Frankau Jewish Connectio ...|via=rateyourmusic.com}}</ref> Despite, or because of, this flavour in his songs, Frankau sold over 100,000 records in 1932. In 1934, Frankau began a comedy
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  • ...'The Magic Christian''''' is a 1969 British [[Satire (film and television)|satirical]] [[farce]] [[black comedy film]] directed by [[Joseph McGrath (film direct ...dfinger released an album, ''[[Magic Christian Music]]'', containing their songs for the film.
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  • ...70s and 1980s, she was a cast member on the weekly [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] satirical show ''[[Week Ending]]'', providing the voices of many characters and imper In 1998, Steafel released a CD album of [[Victorian era|Victorian]] songs entitled ''Victoria Plums'' (Redial/Polygram No. CD 557 209-2).<ref>{{cite
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  • ...e female singer of topical songs on the weekly [[BBC Television]] [[satire|satirical]] show ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'' (known as TW3; 1962–1963), and ...n a BAFTA TV Award for Light Entertainment Personality in 1964. One of the songs she sang on the show, the [[John F. Kennedy]] tribute "In the Summer of His
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  • | next_title = [[Songs for Swingin' Sellers]] ...f name="sikov"/> Sellers found acclaim for his impersonations and [[Satire|satirical humour]] and began appearing in film, sometimes in [[voice acting]] roles.<
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  • * '''Songs:''' ...to discover [[India]]n-style music, which would be a key element in future songs such as "[[Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)|Norwegian Wood]]". Filming
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  • ...so featured two music videos (a term not yet coined in 1975) of Neil Innes songs, which were woven into the flow of the show. ...ally sketches) – many programmes would lead into, or announce, one of many songs and accompanying strange vignettes by Neil Innes. Innes recalled that the c
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  • ...etches on then-current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy sketches, re-edited videos, and spoof television formats. The progr [[Category:British satirical television series]]
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