Power Monkeys (2016)

Genre

comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A political comedy series set in 2016 that follows four groups of fictional political workers. They react to and joke about real events like the Brexit referendum and the US presidential election. Each episode was written and filmed just before it aired so it could reference the latest news.

satiricalfast-pacedtopicalsharpwittycurrentimprovisational

What happens

Power Monkeys is a 2016 British political comedy series which appeared on Channel 4 in the run-up to and immediate aftermath of the 2016 UK EU membership referendum, and also lampooned the ongoing 2016 United States Presidential election campaign. The six-part series depicts four different sets of fictional mid-level political operatives, reacting to and commentating on political and other events. Like its predecessor series Ballot Monkeys, episodes were written and produced within hours of transmission, allowing the characters to react to recent real-world events. The series was written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. It stars Jack Dee, Kevin McNally and Archie Panjabi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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