Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. The New Zealand Government Circus - Energy Minister Bob Tizard hitting a reporter; David Lange's car accident; Ann Hercus and Richard Prebble's hoax plane raid in the Chatham Islands 2. United States President Ronald Reagan and the security scandal in the American embassy in Moscow 3. Cabinet MInisters Ann Hercus and Richard Prebble's hoax plane raid in the Chatham Islands 4. The security scandal in the American embassy in Moscow 5. Dave Dobbyn and Herbs singing the theme song to the movie Footrot Flats 6. Hard hitting interviews - the resignation of two Coal Corporation (Coalcorp) directors 7. Shortage of prison space 8. Spoof of a cheese commercial 9. Royal scandal over Queen Elizabeth II's two cousins being in a mental institution 10. Coal miners' severance pay 11. Corporatisation 12. Party Hints With Valerie - Cabinet MInisters Ann Hercus and Richard Prebble's hoax plane raid in the Chatham Islands 13. The Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 14. Cabinet MInister Ann Hercus responds to the hoax plane raid in the Chatham Islands

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. Waitemata City Mayor Tim Shadbolt's request for leave 2. Guest List - African National Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo. Who will the Government invite next? 3. Sir Robert Muldoon and Richard Prebble's claim about gin drinking 4. Royal scandal over the Queen's cousins being in a psychiatric home 5. Party hints with Valerie - how to entertain African National Congress (ANC) leader Oliver Tambo 6. Retraction - following claims last week that MP Jonathan Hunt would eat a hedgehog to attract votes 7. Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton 8. Spoof of a yoghurt advertisement 9. Opposition leader Jim Bolger announcing National's economic policy, with interference from Sir Robert Muldoon 10. United States President Ronald Reagan and what is inside the aircraft that land at the Operation Deep Freeze Base in Christchurch 11.Prime Minister David Lange talks about the anti nuclear legislation 12."The Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus" 6.

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. New Zealand cricket team's return from Sri Lanka due to violence there 2. Judge Blackwood's resignation 3. The Golden Girls (Ann Hercus, Fran Wilde and Margaret Shields) and the pressure on women MPs 4. Importation of cars by private individuals 5. National's broadcasting policy 6. The Maori loans affair 7. Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 8. Ann Hercus' staff opening mail 9. Departure of Soviet official 10. One Day in a District Court 11. A farewell message to {Police MInister Ann hercus from the Police Association

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. Iraqi missile attack on the USS Stark 2. A 'spoof' travel commercial 3. The stock market fall 4. The bottle of whiskey used to foil a hijacking attempt at Nadi Airport 5. Musician Boy George 6. Fijian coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka 7. New Zealand Government advertisements to stop crime 8. The Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 9. A 'spoof' documentary about a family suffering from over exposure to television programmes about AIDS (and a panel discussion) 10. The Eyewitness special on the coup in Fiji

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi's interest in the Pacific 2. A doctor who made assumptions about a patient's homosexuality 3. Low morale in the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) 4. Spoof of singer Tina Turner 5. Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 6. Spycorp - the new State owned enterprise, formerly known as the SIS 7. I Like That One 2 - Robin Kora reading the sharemarket report on Eyewitness News and the "Incompatible Quartet".

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. The retaliatory expulsion of a New Zealand official from Moscow 2. The upcoming election campaign 3. Violence in Fiji following the election of a new Government 4. Libyan presence in the Pacific 5. Sex scandals in American politics 6. Paul Simon sings with the Denniston coal miners 7. Civil Defence advertisements 8. Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 9. Caucus Challenge - featuring Jim Bolger, Ruth Richardson, Merv Wellington and Sir Robert Muldoon 10. The transforming "Nat Man".

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. The coup in Fiji 2. The Budget commercials 3. Police search for fugitive Christopher John Lewis in the Buller Gorge 4. Government's refusal to host an official reception for the 1987 Rugby World Cup team 5. Sir Robert Muldoon's undermining of Opposition leader Jim Bolger's leadership of the National Party ("The Jim Bolger Blues") 6.Social Welfare Department (DSW) amnesty for beneficiaries 7. Prime Minister David Lange's altercation with the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) 8.Doctors and Nurses of St Lazarus 9. A hypothetical coup in New Zealand by Sir Robert Muldoon 10. "That's Comparatively Tedious" 11. Trial of former Gestapo leader Klaus Barbie

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. The Health Department's advertisements for AIDS prevention 2. Sir Robert Muldoon advertising for Sabco, an Australian company specialising in cleaning and garden products 3. The Government's GST advertising campaign 4. Take-offs of financial television programmes Credo and Money-Go-Round 5. Allegations of sexism in the Labour Caucus 6. The Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) America's Cup Challenge advertisement 7. Musical performance by Ricky Lee

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. The charge that Transport MInister Richard Prebble was seen reading the paper while driving 2. An interview with 'Labour MP Helen Clark' in which her short hairstyle becomes the focus 3. The lead up to Pope John Paul II's visit t New Zealand; 4. Government policies to save Rotorua's geothermal fields

Political satire: including sketches related to; 1. Prime Minister David Lange's PM's household security following leaks 2. "Pot the Pinko" - Sir Robert Muldoon labelling unionist Rob Campbell a communist 3. Federation of Labour (FOL) President Jim Knox and the end of the Kawerau industrial dispute 4. Increased Post Office charges 5. "How to beat GST" 6. "Over the Top House" - A play on the New Zealand television series "Open House"

Final show for 1986 featuring some of the best skits on the programme this year.

A comedy debate with the moot: Girls Can Do Anything filmed in front of an audience at the Auckland Town Hall.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.

Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.

Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.

Satirical comedy sketch show which pokes fun at topical political and social issues.

Parody of TV2 programme Newsline. "In this programme we want you to ring in and tell us about things you wouldn't usually talk about. I'm Jim Hopkins, and this is Piles Line."

Skits include: kumara; sale of State Owned Enterprises (SOEs); Lotto; Katherine Mansfield; Tim Shadbolt; Whare Paia; Peter Bland; Fair Go; Jim Anderton; Koro Wetere; Gloss; giant pandas; AIDS campaigns.

Topics covered include: new health package; politicians' ethics; the Government's advertisements on television; pandas; Whare Paia; cricket; Winston Peters on the United States election; firebombing police stations; John Banks and 'Lauranorda' (law and order); Telecom commercials; frigate deal; Radio With Pictures (RWP) and the gothic music cult; kumara and Maoritanga; sale of State Owned Assets (SOEs); and National Party infighting.

Topics covered include: Kinetic Investments; Democratic Party siege in parliament; poor lazy farmers; Winston Peters meets Ronald Reagan; Gloss; Maori Affairs; cricketer Richard Hadlee; Richard Prebble's sacking from Cabinet; Prime Minister David Lange's 'dictatorial' behaviour; Sir Robert Muldoon's television commercials; Neil Roberts; AIDS commercials; Unemployment This Week.

Topics covered include: Sharon Crosbie; Opposition leader Jim Bolger; ANZAC frigates; rugby books; forestry workers; Treaty of Waitangi; television weather forecasts; Auckland; Bob Tizard interview; Nancy Prebble; men in New Zealand; National Party leadership; 'Glosspital'; 'Sideline Stan'; Stan Rodger; Government economic policy; Phil Goff and unemployment.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Inspired by the British series, Spitting Image, Public Eye uses latex puppets to caricature topical personalities, mostly drawn from the world of politics.

Topics covered include: meat worker redundancies; rugby; immigration; National MP Winston Peters; gangs; unionist Pat Kelly; TV4; Batman; Patricia Bartlett; traffic officers; television programme 'Blind Date'; Geoffrey Palmer as Prime Minister; and pay equity legislation.

Captain Povey is keen to clear the decks of HMS Troutbridge, but Number One fights back. Stars Stephen Murray. First Broadcast int eh UK 20 Oct 1968 Actors WRN Chasen - Heather Chasen Captain Povey - Richard Caldicot Commander Murray - Stephen Murray CPO Pertwee - Jon Pertwee SL Phillips - Leslie Phillips The Padre - Michael Bates The Admiral - Tenniel Evans Captain Ormanroy - Laurie Wyman LC Whetherby - Jon Pertwee Captain Atcherson - Michael Bates

This appears to be a live recording of a show "Vote for US' also issued as a Long Playing record. Contents were relevant to the pending United Kingdom 1964 election Besides Leon Rosselson, performers on the record include Stephen Sedley, the respected songwriter Sydney Carter, fellow Three City Four member, Ralph Trainer, plus Alan Twelftree, Liane Aukin, Sam Hutt, Chris Hilton and James E. Butchart. The LP itself is credited as being by Herbert Floog, "a pseudonym which conceals 7 of Britain's top comedians, 6 of whom are not Peter Sellers (The seventh is not Peter Sellers either)". 1. Tories All Out (Stephen Sedley) 2. Flagging 3. Battle Hymn of the Liberal Revival 4. Listen With Granny (Stephen Sedley/Liane Aukin/Sydney Carter/Nathan Joseph) [Spoken piece] 5. Foot in Mouth Disease (Maudling/Macleod, etc) [Spoken piece] 6. Ballad of the Crutty Men 7. It's All Relative (MacMillan et al) [Spoken piece] 8. Ever Been Ad! (Leon Rosselson/Nathan Joseph/Alan Twelftree) 9. To Deter or Not to Deter [Spoken piece] 10. Stand Firm 11. Party Pops (Nathan Joseph) [Spoken piece with song snippets] 12. A Few Home Truths (Stephen Sedley/Nathan Joseph/Leon Rosselson) [Spoken piece] Broadcast date before 15th October 1964 General Election. http://lrsc.weebly.com/vote-for-us.html

1. What's It All About -- 2. Man To Man -- 3. Left A Little -- 4. Man Of The People -- 5. Worst Of Both Worlds -- 6. Keep Right On -- 7. To Home It May Concern -- 8. West Side Tory -- 9. On Her Majesty's Swinging Service -- 10. It's The Man That Counts.

The Goons recreate Jules Verne's "Around the World in Eighty Days".

In an outbreak of Punching-Up-The-Conker a leather omnibus goes missing.

Frank Muir investigates the humour of the Office

Each each this series looked at a different theme; sport, home, the workplace etc.with Alfred Marks as a general joke teller, actor and fine reader of poetry. Clips of many comics of the day were used as well as quotes from many dramatists and philosophers on the subject of the day.

Sketches from the second series of the BBC series "Not Only… But Also" with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

The Goons find an odd parcel in Egypt and attempt to open it.

1. Election 1966: Election Night Preview with details of how the AKTV2 studio has been set up for coverage of the General Election tomorrow night. --2. The introduction of an electronic computer system which will have data imputed from the telephones and teleprinter which will then be compared with data from the 1963 election results. These results can be printed out on a card for the psephologist Professor Chapman for analysis. The data is stored on magnetic stripes on the on the cards. -- 3. Ends with a Town and Around spoof on the non-voters.

The episode concludes with setting the English channel on fire and trying to insure the insurance payout money.

Frank Muir investigates the humour of various professions, in this programme, The Law.

Frank Muir and Alfred Marks investigate the humour of the subject with appropriate jokes, quotes and press clippings, supported by the recorded voices of WOODY ALLEN , JOHN CLEESE and MARTY FELDMAN MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN , PETER COOK and DUDLEY MOORE When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. (THOMAS JEFFERSON) Producer SIMON BRETT

Frank Muir and Alfred Marks investigate the humour of the subject with appropriate jokes, quotes and press clippings - supported by recorded humour from ALAN BENNETT , CARL REINER and MEL BROOKS. TOM LEHRER , JACK SHELDON , MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN Producer SIMON BRETT

Frank Muir and Alfred Marks investigate this despicable practice, producing evidence from great minds. lesser minds, newspapers and the recorded voices of BOB NEWHART. PETER COOK and DUDLEY MOORE. MICHAEL BENTINE , JOHN CLEESE. JO KENDALL. MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. It he says ' Yes ', you know he's a crook. (GROUCHO MARX) Written by FRANK MUIR and simon BRETT Producer SIMON BRETT

The Internal Mountain is an attempt to climb Mount Everest from the inside.

The Goon's plan a bank robbery using a fish van and a pillar box.

Barry Humphries is an Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author. His best known known stage alter egos are Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. The talks about his characters and Australian suburbia.

Presented by comedians Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce, with Guy Williams and Rose Matafeo, Jono And Ben focuses on what's big in New Zealand at the moment.

Presented by comedians Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce, with Guy Williams and Rose Matafeo, Jono And Ben focuses on what's big in New Zealand at the moment.