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Time Trumpet

TV·2006–2006·1 season, 6 episodes·BBC Two·Comedy·30m·Created by Armando Iannucci, Will Smith, Roger Drew

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Set in the year 2031, this mockumentary looks back at events that ostensibly happened during the first 30 years of the 21st century. The series follows a format that co-creator Armando Iannucci previously used in his satirical year-in-review programme '2004: The Stupid Version'.

Cast

Richard AyoadeRichard AyoadeJo EnrightJo EnrightStewart LeeStewart LeeAdam BuxtonAdam BuxtonMatthew HolnessMatthew HolnessArmando IannucciArmando IannucciMark WatsonMark Watson

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2006Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Time Trumpet S01E01Episode 1August 3, 2006—Sixty-year-olds Ant and Dec talk about the day Charlotte Church vomited herself inside out. Plus the end of Blair, the rise and fall of Davi
  2. S01E02Time Trumpet S01E02Episode 2August 10, 2006—A look back at Tony Blair's resignation, the launch of June Sarpong's Monkey Donkey Question Time and Ant and Dec's special report into the
  3. S01E03Time Trumpet S01E03Episode 3August 17, 2006—Vera Drake vs Predator The Liberal Democrats The environment Jamie Oliver's cloned food Evolving language Beckham modifications
  4. S01E04Time Trumpet S01E04Episode 4August 24, 2006—Stewart Lee, Jo Enright, Mark Watson, Adam Buxton and Richard Ayaode remember the Royal referendum between King Charles and Helen Mirren and
  5. S01E05Time Trumpet S01E05Episode 5August 31, 2006—Events include: the war in Iraq, the Hutton Report, Colin Powell's UN Address and the death of Geoff Hoon. Plus, Anne Robinson and David Bec
  6. S01E06Time Trumpet S01E06Episode 6September 7, 2006—Pundits Adam Buxton, Stewart Lee, Mark Watson, Richard Ayaode, Matt Holness, David Sant, Jo Neary and Jo Enright look back from 2031 at the

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