Time Trumpet

7.6

2006•30m

Production

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'.

Trailers & Videos

Time Trumpet - Tim Henman Remembers

Time Trumpet - Clare Short on Blair & Brown's Common Touch

Tesco Attacks!

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2006

1. Episode 1

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 David Cameron and a very old Tom Cruise. Also featuring Stewart Lee, Richard Ayoade, Matt Holness, Adam Buxton.

2. Episode 2

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 binge drinking hell that is Britain in 2031.

3. Episode 3

Vera Drake vs Predator The Liberal Democrats The environment Jamie Oliver's cloned food Evolving language Beckham modifications

4. Episode 4

Stewart Lee, Jo Enright, Mark Watson, Adam Buxton and Richard Ayaode remember the Royal referendum between King Charles and Helen Mirren and the war between Tesco and Denmark. Also featuring the hi-tech remake of Last of the Summer Wine and Rape An Ape - the most popular television programmes ever made.

5. Episode 5

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 Beckham's ill-fated talk show, the Stars In Their Eyes scandal, Bob Geldof's follow-up to Live 8 and the rise and fall and rise and fall of Noel Edmonds.

6. Episode 6

Pundits Adam Buxton, Stewart Lee, Mark Watson, Richard Ayaode, Matt Holness, David Sant, Jo Neary and Jo Enright look back from 2031 at the rise of TV evangelism and the Songs of Praise scandal, the relaunch of a nicer BNP and the tragedy that befell the London 2012 Olympics. Also featured is Vernon Kay, who couldn't stop growing.