简介：SirDavidFrostpresentsaninvestigationintothepowerofpoliticalsatirewiththehelpofsomeofthefunniestTVmomentsofthelast50years. Beginningwiththe1960sandThatWastheWeekThatWas,hechartsthedevelopmentoftelevisionsatireinBritainandtheUnitedStatesandisjoinedbytheleadingsatiristsfrombothsidesoftheAtlantic.FromtheUK,RoryBremner,IanHislopandJohnLloyddiscusstheirindividualcontributions,whilefromtheUS,JonStewartanalysestheappealofTheDailyShow,TinaFeyandWillFerrelltalkabouttheirrespectiveportrayalsofSarahPalinandGeorgeWBush,andChevyChaseremembershowSaturdayNightLiveturnedthemintohugestars. Allofthemtacklethekeyquestionofwhethersatirereallycanalterthecourseofpoliticalevents.…