With this show being satirical, it’s hard for the show not to evolve. So unlike the other transferred Edinburgh shows which have been almost word for word the same – here items have moved on or been replaced.
The central plot of the male and female news anchors having an affair to ad to their onscreen chemistry has now become a married couple, but one where one half leaves the other. The Two Blairs, Evil and Good Blair are now more than a minute sketch. We elected Good Blair first time round, but he’s been locked in a cupboard ever since by Evil Blair, who we’ve then been stupid enough to then vote for. They’ve been fleshed out, if that’s possible with a two-dimensional egotistical character like Blair, and given a longer slot, with a great Star Wars childlike play, including Jabbaprescott and Gordon Vader etc.
There were still my favourite nonsensical bits with Parky interviewing a rock star wishing to help the Penguins of Afghanistan. There is a rock song rhyming everything with North not realizing they are actually from South Pole. Cue song where he tries his best to make the word south rhyme with words like fourth.
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