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- 1984–19967.7 (24)TV EpisodePlease join us now as we pass through history's golden years to illuminate the illustrious life of actor, lifeguard, underpants salesman, GE spokesman, husband of Jane Wyman, friend of Frank Sinatra, Governor of California and finally President of the United States: Ronald Wilson Reagan. Let the real truth be told. Reagan's true life is only known by the genius of Fuck & Law puppetry, John Lloyd producing, Geoffrey Perkins directing and Ian Hislop writing, Voices of Cliff Taylor, John Sessions, Chris Berrie, just to name a few.
- In this episode; the harshness of Lester Piggott's prison sentence is put under scrutiny, there is the latest single from Michael Jackson - I'm Mad - and Peter Wright is The Spy Who Lived in Australia.
- Prince Charles attempts to improve his street cred by hanging out with rock stars, Thatcher tells the Cabinet to re-privatise the already privatised British Telecom and there is more confusion for Ronald Reagan at Caspar Weinberger's retirement bash.
- Donald Sinden presents a Royal Bust-Up Special can it be true that Sir Alastair has split from the Royal couple? Ronald Reagan ponders his eventual retirement and George Bush tries to beef up his image.
- In this episode, The Sun celebrates its 18th birthday, there is an update on the 'Great Richard Branson Virgin World Ego Trip Challenge' and in court Sly Stallone launches an action over the ownership of Brigitte Nielsen's breasts.
- In this episode; there is panic at the BBC when Sue Lawley's legs disappear, Steve 'Interesting' Davis goes to Buckingham Palace to collect his MBE, and Elizabeth Taylor checks into the 'Betty Ford Celebrity Drying Out Clinic'.
- Muriel Gray looks at the future of television, there is a rendition of Kill An Estate Agent Today, Princess Di installs a satellite dish at the palace, there is a look at the popular Russian daytime soap Comrades and a warning of the privatisation of Britain's Railways. This show also closes with the epic Margaret Thatcher rendition of Frank Sinatra's (I Did It) My Way.
- Prince Andrew is in trouble with his Pa for the size of his unmentionables, Wogan chooses Sooty to stand in as his holiday replacement and Mrs. Thatcher works on a new, softer image.
- We visit a nursing home for terminally bewildered ex-prime ministers, Bob Dylan performs a protest song about cheese, Colonel Muammar Gadaffi presents the award for International Terrorist of the Year, the Reverend Ian Paisley tells God what's what and there's the latest thrilling video from Michael Jackson - or is that Diana Ross?
- The Royals sit down to a game of Monopoly but it is a foregone conclusion who is going to win! Neil Kinnock wrestles with his conscience (James Callaghan as a devil and Michael Foot as an angel on each shoulder), Brian Walden is subjected to an interrogation by Rupert Murdoch's henchmen and it's Let's Speak Afrikaans with P.W. Botha.
- There is strife on the studio floor when Robin Day refuses to give up the BBC jumper, Cecil Parkinson - the man who made just one mistake, twice a night for fourteen years - is offered the job of foreign secretary, and preparations are underway at No. 10 for Mark Thatcher's wedding.
- The two year-old Prince William blackmails Charles into abdicating, Thatcher and Kinnock go head-to-head on an edition of Call My Bluff hosted by Jim Callaghan and we look at How to be a University Student.
- Mrs. Thatcher takes some neighbourly advice over the privet hedge from the gentleman at No. 9, a Herr von Wilcox (who happens to bear an uncanny resemblance to Adolf Hitler), Bob Dylan sings a song about his stolen underpants, and Ronald Reagan features in the latest instalment of The President's Brain is Missing.
- Thatcher and Tebbit interrogate Nigel Lawson on his budget proposals, Mark Thatcher opens his first bank account, Prince Charles visits The Falklands and Janet Street Germ reports live from Nancy Reagan's navel.
- Shirley Williams is dragged backwards through a hedge in preparation for an appearance on Newsnight, Prince Philip has a flirty encounter with Nancy Reagan aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, David Attenborough is on the look out for an anteater and Mary Whitehouse takes an ice-cold bath.
- We go behind the scenes as Patrick Lichfield photographs the Queen, 'Randy Andy' Prince Andrew and Prince Charles compare fan letters and Prince Phillip introduces Charles to a secret society meeting in the Buckingham Palace laundry.
- In this episode we finally find out the whereabouts of Lord Lucan: could he have been hiding out in Cyril Smith's oversized trousers all this time? Barry Manilow's encounter with an obsessive anteater leads to a case of mistaken identity and Mrs. Thatcher's cabinet prepare for nuclear war.
- Nancy Reagan is featured in a campaign video entitled "Da Do Run Ron" on behalf of the Republican party, Francois Mitterrand persuades Mrs. Thatcher to buy UHT milk, Norman Fowler MP is on the prowl for unsuspecting hospitals in Murder Most Fowle, and the Saatchi & Saatchi agency sets to work on Mrs. Thatcher's image.
- Mrs. Thatcher has a nightmare and we are on the set of It'll Be Alright On The Night with Denis Norden and a 589 egg omelette. Elsewhere in Masterclass Julian Lloyd Webber goes head to head with Henry Cooper, and there is the latest instalment of The President's Brain Is Missing.