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Time Trumpet is a six-episode satirical television comedy series which aired on in August 2006. The series was written by , and Will Smith in a similar manner to Iannucci's earlier one-off programmes, and . Time Trumpet official credits URL accessed November 2006 One sketch was later spun off by network in Ireland, RTÉ, into the cult television series , in May 2007.


Premise
Time Trumpet is set in the year 2031, and is a retrospective documentary on the first thirty years of the 21st century. Actors and actresses play the parts of 'today's stars' thirty years on, who are interviewed as part of the show.

These 'older selves' include , , , , , , Ant & Dec, , , Alastair Campbell, , , , , , , , Natasha Kaplinsky, , and .

The show also includes interviews with comedians, billed in the show as "top cultural commentators slash TV pundits", speaking about the events of the past. These include (also appearing as the bald-headed 'Stu Lee', the implication being that he was contractually obliged to shave his head and change his name), , , , , Mark Watson and . Additionally, and appear in sketches throughout the series.

Every episode is narrated by Iannucci, who is also seen interviewing guests, but at an oblique angle and with a different physical appearance. Series co-creator Will Smith also appears in the series.

Each episode has a main theme running throughout, such as the Olympics or the war in Iraq. The main running gag is the promise of a catch-up with "an increasingly odd " and features the now-elderly actor making bizarre claims such as to be "pound for pound the world's strongest man".


Episodes
  • The War on Terror resulting in anything too terrifying or frightening banned and strip searching becoming so commonplace people now walk around naked
  • Catching up with
  • The Girl with the Voice of
  • 's live autopsy
  • The most popular television show of all time, Rape an Ape
  • War between and
  • A decline in popularity for the Royal Family, which leads to no one turning up at the coronation of King Charles and a royal referendum
  • The hit Polish soap opera Pierwsza miłość
  • The War in and 's relocation to the Middle East
  • 's concert to end death
  • The proving that David Kelly may not have even existed
  • The BBC lifting a ban on product placement
  • Whistle-blowing show, TV Uncovered
  • The rise to power of the BNP following David Cameron's twenty days as prime minister
  • murdering Justin Lee Collins after he revealed the London 2012 Olympics were a hoax
  • A catch up with an increasingly odd


Controversy
The third episode, which featured a jumbo jet crashing into the British Houses of Parliament and the subsequent assassination of Tony Blair, was due to be screened on 17 August 2006, but was cancelled in the wake of the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot, and replaced by another episode. The cancelled episode was subsequently shown a week later, without the footage of an assassinated Blair. Chortle.co.uk, retrieved 5 November 2006 However, a related sketch was aired, involving a play on the events of 9/11, where two towers are flown into an aeroplane.


Home media
A DVD of the series was released on 27 April 2009. Amazon.co.uk, retrieved 12 February 2009 The assassination of Tony Blair sketch was removed from this, as were some sketches that included footage of the Olympic Games.


Legacy
  • One sketch depicted real life Polish soap opera Pierwsza miłość becoming a hit across Europe, which was followed by a scene dubbed into English in a humorous way, changing the setting from Poland to Ireland. This ended up forming the basis of the cult television show on RTÉ.
  • 's final issue of includes a reference to the in series game show "Rape an Ape", as well as several references to Iannucci's The Thick of It.


American remake
In December 2011, network in the United States, announced they would be remaking the series, with Iannucci as producer. Ultimately, the series was not picked up by the network, and Iannucci moved on to other projects.


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