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Bremner, Bird and Fortune

All Episodes 1999 - 2010

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  • 1999-10-17T19:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 3d 2h (74 episodes)
  • John Fortune + 2 more, John Bird, Rory Bremner
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner, and to date has 16 series.

76 episodes

Series Premiere

1999-10-17T19:00:00Z

1x01 1-1

Series Premiere

1x01 1-1

  • 1999-10-17T19:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

1999-10-24T19:00:00Z

1x02 1-2

1x02 1-2

  • 1999-10-24T19:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

1999-10-31T20:00:00Z

1x03 1-3

1x03 1-3

  • 1999-10-31T20:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

1999-11-07T20:00:00Z

1x04 1-4

1x04 1-4

  • 1999-11-07T20:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

1999-11-14T20:00:00Z

1x05 1-5

1x05 1-5

  • 1999-11-14T20:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

1999-11-21T20:00:00Z

1x06 1-6

1x06 1-6

  • 1999-11-21T20:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

1999-11-28T20:00:00Z

1x07 1-7

1x07 1-7

  • 1999-11-28T20:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

Season Finale

1999-12-05T20:00:00Z

1x08 1-8

Season Finale

1x08 1-8

  • 1999-12-05T20:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner's show returned in 1999 but with a new title and extended slots, though with the same high quality mix of impressionism and satire. As the title suggests there was a greater input from John Fortune and John Bird who, in addition to performing their own pieces, also worked in recurring sketches in which Rory Bremner, in the guise of a politician, would be grilled by the pair as interviewers. Another bonus was the excellent portrayal by Andrew Dunn of the Prime Ministers notorious press secretary Alistair Campbell, presented here as a cross between Machiavelli and a gruff northern Football manager.

Season Premiere

2001-03-04T20:00:00Z

2x01 2-1

Season Premiere

2x01 2-1

  • 2001-03-04T20:00:00Z1h

2001-03-11T20:00:00Z

2x02 2-2

2x02 2-2

  • 2001-03-11T20:00:00Z1h

2001-03-18T20:00:00Z

2x03 2-3

2x03 2-3

  • 2001-03-18T20:00:00Z1h

2001-03-25T19:00:00Z

2x04 2-4

2x04 2-4

  • 2001-03-25T19:00:00Z1h

2001-04-02T19:00:00Z

2x05 2-5

2x05 2-5

  • 2001-04-02T19:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2001-04-09T19:00:00Z

2x06 2-6

Season Finale

2x06 2-6

  • 2001-04-09T19:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2002-01-27T20:00:00Z

3x01 3-1

Season Premiere

3x01 3-1

  • 2002-01-27T20:00:00Z1h

The third series found Bremner perfecting his impressions of new Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith and new England football coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.

2002-02-03T20:00:00Z

3x02 3-2

3x02 3-2

  • 2002-02-03T20:00:00Z1h

2000-02-10T20:00:00Z

3x03 3-3

3x03 3-3

  • 2000-02-10T20:00:00Z1h

2002-02-17T20:00:00Z

3x04 3-4

3x04 3-4

  • 2002-02-17T20:00:00Z1h

2002-02-24T20:00:00Z

3x05 3-5

3x05 3-5

  • 2002-02-24T20:00:00Z1h

2002-03-03T20:00:00Z

3x06 3-6

3x06 3-6

  • 2002-03-03T20:00:00Z1h

2002-06-02T19:00:00Z

3x07 At her Majesty's Pleasure

3x07 At her Majesty's Pleasure

  • 2002-06-02T19:00:00Z1h

A Jubilee special celebrating the Queens Golden Jubilee.

3x08 Between Iraq and a Hard Place

  • 2003-01-20T20:00:00Z1h

The comedy trio Bremner Bird and Fortune bring their viewpoint on the Iraqi crisis in their own unique way We're about to invade Iraq. Again. We invaded in 1917… and 1941… and 1991. This time though, we're dealing with Saddam Hussein. But then, we've been dealing with Saddam for years. Why now? The Americans see the chance to bring traditional Western values to the Middle East (aka the guys with the diapers on their heads): democracy (from the people who brought you George W Bush); freedom (from the people who brought you Guantanamo Bay) and economic prosperity (from the people who bought you Enron). Starring George W Bush, Tony Blair, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune as Foreign Office mandarins, convinced that this time they have got it right, and that above all the one thing this is not about is oil…

3x09 Beyond Iraq and a hard place

  • 2003-05-11T19:00:00Z1h

The comedy trio Bremner Bird and Fortune bring their viewpoint on the Iraqi crisis in their own unique way We're about to invade Iraq. Again. We invaded in 1917… and 1941… and 1991. This time though, we're dealing with Saddam Hussein. But then, we've been dealing with Saddam for years. Why now? The Americans see the chance to bring traditional Western values to the Middle East (aka the guys with the diapers on their heads): democracy (from the people who brought you George W Bush); freedom (from the people who brought you Guantanamo Bay) and economic prosperity (from the people who bought you Enron). Starring George W Bush, Tony Blair, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune as Foreign Office mandarins, convinced that this time they have got it right, and that above all the one thing this is not about is oil…

Season Finale

2003-11-30T20:00:00Z

3x10 Trust Me I'm a Prime Minister

Season Finale

3x10 Trust Me I'm a Prime Minister

  • 2003-11-30T20:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner and the two Johns return for a one-off special. President Bush is in town, and Tony Blair sees the Special Relationship as a potential means of upping his credibility on the home front. One party conference, a public enquiry, a state visit and a mass demonstration after the war in Iraq supposedly ended and it's time for Tony Blair to submit himself to trial by comedy once more, at the hands of Bremner, Bird & Fortune. With illusionists in the news this year, Tony's ability to get out of seemingly impossible situations will need to be even more impressive than ever. After all, in the words of Alastair Campbell, ‘there is this huge stuff about trust'. With Campbell gone to sharpen his pencil, our PM looks an ever-more isolated figure, out of touch with Cabinet, Parliament and the people. According to an unidentified former Minister, to whom we refer only as ‘Clare Short', Tony Blair is now making an increasing number of decisions in private with his small coterie of co

Season Premiere

2002-12-08T20:00:00Z

4x01 4-1

Season Premiere

4x01 4-1

  • 2002-12-08T20:00:00Z1h

The satirical triumvirate of Bremner, Bird and Fortune have been bringing us their weekly viewpoint on the Iraq crisis, the axis of evil, human rights, domestic rifts between church and state and the morality of Tony Blair (""if he exists, why does he allow such terrible things to happen?""). The series starred George W Bush, Tony Blair, Jack Straw, David Blunkett, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune.

2002-12-15T20:00:00Z

4x02 4-2

4x02 4-2

  • 2002-12-15T20:00:00Z1h

The satirical triumvirate of Bremner, Bird and Fortune have been bringing us their weekly viewpoint on the Iraq crisis, the axis of evil, human rights, domestic rifts between church and state and the morality of Tony Blair (""if he exists, why does he allow such terrible things to happen?""). The series starred George W Bush, Tony Blair, Jack Straw, David Blunkett, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune.

2002-12-22T20:00:00Z

4x03 4-3

4x03 4-3

  • 2002-12-22T20:00:00Z1h

The satirical triumvirate of Bremner, Bird and Fortune have been bringing us their weekly viewpoint on the Iraq crisis, the axis of evil, human rights, domestic rifts between church and state and the morality of Tony Blair (""if he exists, why does he allow such terrible things to happen?""). The series starred George W Bush, Tony Blair, Jack Straw, David Blunkett, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune.

2002-12-29T20:00:00Z

4x04 4-4

4x04 4-4

  • 2002-12-29T20:00:00Z1h

The satirical triumvirate of Bremner, Bird and Fortune have been bringing us their weekly viewpoint on the Iraq crisis, the axis of evil, human rights, domestic rifts between church and state and the morality of Tony Blair (""if he exists, why does he allow such terrible things to happen?""). The series starred George W Bush, Tony Blair, Jack Straw, David Blunkett, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune.

2003-01-05T20:00:00Z

4x05 4-5

4x05 4-5

  • 2003-01-05T20:00:00Z1h

The satirical triumvirate of Bremner, Bird and Fortune have been bringing us their weekly viewpoint on the Iraq crisis, the axis of evil, human rights, domestic rifts between church and state and the morality of Tony Blair (""if he exists, why does he allow such terrible things to happen?""). The series starred George W Bush, Tony Blair, Jack Straw, David Blunkett, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune.

Season Finale

2003-01-12T20:00:00Z

4x06 4-6

Season Finale

4x06 4-6

  • 2003-01-12T20:00:00Z1h

The satirical triumvirate of Bremner, Bird and Fortune have been bringing us their weekly viewpoint on the Iraq crisis, the axis of evil, human rights, domestic rifts between church and state and the morality of Tony Blair (""if he exists, why does he allow such terrible things to happen?""). The series starred George W Bush, Tony Blair, Jack Straw, David Blunkett, Archbishop Rowan Williams, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice, Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and a cast of… well, Rory Bremner, flanked by John Bird and John Fortune.

Season Premiere

2004-02-01T20:00:00Z

5x01 5-1

Season Premiere

5x01 5-1

  • 2004-02-01T20:00:00Z1h

2004-02-08T20:00:00Z

5x02 5-2

5x02 5-2

  • 2004-02-08T20:00:00Z1h

2004-02-15T20:00:00Z

5x03 5-3

5x03 5-3

  • 2004-02-15T20:00:00Z1h

2004-02-22T20:00:00Z

5x04 5-4

5x04 5-4

  • 2004-02-22T20:00:00Z1h

2004-02-29T20:00:00Z

5x05 5-5

5x05 5-5

  • 2004-02-29T20:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2004-03-07T20:00:00Z

5x06 5-6

Season Finale

5x06 5-6

  • 2004-03-07T20:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2004-09-26T19:00:00Z

6x01 6-1

Season Premiere

6x01 6-1

  • 2004-09-26T19:00:00Z1h

-Advert for Churchills -Rory Bremner on Tony Blairs Holiday John Prescott getting into Number 10 Security in Buckingham Palace -Tony Blairs Holiday at the President of Italys Silvio -Lib Dem Advert-Funny Names -Conservative Advert-Michael Howerd proving he's human -BBC News-Political Correspondant (Jeff Randell) trtying not to go Cockney -Gordan Brown in spoof of Money Advert -Meal- and reporter called Steve -Chief Constable Meeting-Security in Buckingham Palace and Binge Drinking -IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:New Tracking system introduced for Protesters at Westminster -Rory Bremner on The Iraqi Government -Jeff Randell tells us how excited he is -Princess Diana Memorial Fountain Security Plan -Parkinson interviews George Parr -Terretorial Army Advert -Rory Bremner on Jack Straw losing his Glasses -Blair and Cherie in Bedroom- Cherie tells Blair about her new case that involves him -John on being a Hunter -Richard Branson secrets about Virgin -Ro

2004-10-03T19:00:00Z

6x02 6-2

6x02 6-2

  • 2004-10-03T19:00:00Z1h

2004-10-10T19:00:00Z

6x03 6-3

6x03 6-3

  • 2004-10-10T19:00:00Z1h

2004-10-17T19:00:00Z

6x04 6-4

6x04 6-4

  • 2004-10-17T19:00:00Z1h

2004-10-24T19:00:00Z

6x05 6-5

6x05 6-5

  • 2004-10-24T19:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2004-10-31T20:00:00Z

6x06 6-6

Season Finale

6x06 6-6

  • 2004-10-31T20:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2005-03-06T20:00:00Z

7x01 7-1

Season Premiere

7x01 7-1

  • 2005-03-06T20:00:00Z1h

2005-03-13T20:00:00Z

7x02 7-2

7x02 7-2

  • 2005-03-13T20:00:00Z1h

2005-03-20T20:00:00Z

7x03 7-3

7x03 7-3

  • 2005-03-20T20:00:00Z1h

2005-03-27T19:00:00Z

7x04 7-4

7x04 7-4

  • 2005-03-27T19:00:00Z1h

2005-04-03T19:00:00Z

7x05 7-5

7x05 7-5

  • 2005-04-03T19:00:00Z1h

2005-04-10T19:00:00Z

7x06 7-6

7x06 7-6

  • 2005-04-10T19:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2005-05-05T19:00:00Z

7x07 A Bunch Of Counts

Season Finale

7x07 A Bunch Of Counts

  • 2005-05-05T19:00:00Z1h

For months and months we have all known that the election will take place on the 5th May 2005. Whenever Blair finally got round to officially announcing it, the election campaign kicked off and quickly we found ourselves on the eve of polling.

2005-09-11T19:00:00Z

7x08 2005-09-11

7x08 2005-09-11

  • 2005-09-11T19:00:00Z1h

With Hawkeye at the ready, and Simon Hughes and Geoffrey Boycott providing the ball-by-ball analysis, it's time to put Tony Blair to the test. In Whitehall, David Blunkett has spent the summer on set as an extra hoping for a line on 'Westminster', a new disaster movie starring John Prescott. In America, George Bush has finally returned from the ranch and is ready to take up arms against bird flu, and here at home Tony Blair has returned from holiday, only to pick up a clean shirt, and jet off again, to China to fight the bra wars. Meanwhile Rory and the Two Johns have returned to the studio for a new series casting their impression of the world about them.

7x09 2005-09-18

  • no air date1h

2005-09-25T19:00:00Z

7x10 2005-09-25

7x10 2005-09-25

  • 2005-09-25T19:00:00Z1h

Rory Bremner and Messrs Bird and Fortune bring another week to a close with more comment, comedy and crookery. With party conference season started it's off to the coast for sand and sea and satire while music comes from the inimitable George Bush quartet.

2005-10-02T19:00:00Z

7x11 2005-10-02

7x11 2005-10-02

  • 2005-10-02T19:00:00Z1h

His master's voices, Rory Bremner and Messrs Bird and Fortune, bring another week to a close with more comment, comedy and crookery. With party conference season started it's off to the coast for sand and sea and satire while music comes from the inimitable George Bush quartet.

Season Premiere

2006-03-04T20:00:00Z

8x01 8-1

Season Premiere

8x01 8-1

  • 2006-03-04T20:00:00Z1h

2006-03-11T20:00:00Z

8x02 8-2

8x02 8-2

  • 2006-03-11T20:00:00Z1h

2006-03-18T20:00:00Z

8x03 8-3

8x03 8-3

  • 2006-03-18T20:00:00Z1h

2006-03-25T20:00:00Z

8x04 8-4

8x04 8-4

  • 2006-03-25T20:00:00Z1h

2006-04-01T19:00:00Z

8x05 8-5

8x05 8-5

  • 2006-04-01T19:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

12x03 Episode 3

Season Finale

12x03 Episode 3

  • no air date1h

2007-10-28T20:00:00Z

12x05 12-5

12x05 12-5

  • 2007-10-28T20:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2008-04-13T19:00:00Z

13x01 13-1

Season Premiere

13x01 13-1

  • 2008-04-13T19:00:00Z1h

2008-04-20T19:00:00Z

13x02 13-2

13x02 13-2

  • 2008-04-20T19:00:00Z1h

2008-04-27T19:00:00Z

13x03 13-3

13x03 13-3

  • 2008-04-27T19:00:00Z1h

2008-05-04T19:00:00Z

13x04 13-4

13x04 13-4

  • 2008-05-04T19:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2008-05-12T19:00:00Z

13x05 13-5

Season Finale

13x05 13-5

  • 2008-05-12T19:00:00Z1h

2008-05-18T19:00:00Z

13x06 13-6

13x06 13-6

  • 2008-05-18T19:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2008-11-02T20:00:00Z

14x01 Where Did All The Money Go?

Season Premiere

14x01 Where Did All The Money Go?

  • 2008-11-02T20:00:00Z1h

The two Johns use their "George Parr" sketch to explain the mindset of investment bankers "Everybody asking all sort of difficult questions...nit-picking like 'Where the money gone?'... as if I'm supposed to know," "Stupidity and incompetance...that's something we can be very proud of" and there is even a sketch based around the South Sea Bubble, showing how little we had learnt since the early 1700's. Rory Bremner spoofed Gordon Brown, Robert Peston, Dr Rowan Williams, and George Bush, and he has some good lines in his standup (or desk-bound) comedy, laughing at bankers around the globe while explaining the insanity of it all: "Stan O'Neil left Merrill Lynch with a heavy heart, but a heavier wallet." "I happen to know the White House is going to be repossessed any day now." There are apt comparisons with 1929 and the cautious 1950's as well.

2008-11-09T20:00:00Z

14x02 The China Syndrome

14x02 The China Syndrome

  • 2008-11-09T20:00:00Z1h

2008-11-16T20:00:00Z

14x03 Till Debt Do Us Part

14x03 Till Debt Do Us Part

  • 2008-11-16T20:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2008-11-18T20:00:00Z

14x04 A Modest Proposal

Season Finale

14x04 A Modest Proposal

  • 2008-11-18T20:00:00Z1h

The final part of the satirical series in which the trio have played the current financial crisis for laughs, but have also conducted a crash course on the head-in-the-sand mindset of the world’s highest-paid bankers as they traded in large amounts of debt.

Season Premiere

2009-06-07T19:00:00Z

15x01 The Blame Game

Season Premiere

15x01 The Blame Game

  • 2009-06-07T19:00:00Z1h

15x02 Happy Days Are Here Again

  • 2009-06-14T19:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2009-06-21T19:00:00Z

15x03 Who Broke Britain

Season Finale

15x03 Who Broke Britain

  • 2009-06-21T19:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

2010-05-02T19:00:00Z

16x01 The Daily Wind Up 1

Season Premiere

16x01 The Daily Wind Up 1

  • 2010-05-02T19:00:00Z1h

2010-05-03T19:00:00Z

16x02 The Daily Wind Up 2

16x02 The Daily Wind Up 2

  • 2010-05-03T19:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

2010-05-04T19:00:00Z

16x03 The Daily Wind Up 3

Season Finale

16x03 The Daily Wind Up 3

  • 2010-05-04T19:00:00Z1h

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