The Hunt for Tony Blair, the Glossary
The Hunt for Tony Blair is a one-off episode of The Comic Strip Presents..., a British television comedy, which was first shown on Channel 4 on 14 October 2011.[1]
Table of Contents
59 relations: A Journey, Alastair Campbell, Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Windsor, Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Carole Caplin, Catherine Shepherd, Channel 4, Cherie Blair, Clive James, Conservative Party (UK), Dartmouth, Devon, David Kelly (weapons expert), Edinburgh International Television Festival, Film noir, Ford Kiernan, Foreign Secretary, George W. Bush, Gordon Brown, Harry Enfield, James Buckley (actor), Jay Hunt (television executive), Jennifer Saunders, John Buchan, John Sessions, John Smith (Labour Party leader), Labour Party (UK), London, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Sheen, Morgana Robinson, National Comedy Awards, Nigel Planer, Norman Tebbit, Pete Richens, Peter Mandelson, Peter Richardson (British director), Rik Mayall, Robbie Coltrane, Robin Cook, Ronni Ancona, Ross Noble, South Devon, Stephen Mangan, Sunset Boulevard (film), Television comedy, The Comic Strip, The Daily Telegraph, The Fugitive (1963 TV series), ... Expand index (9 more) »
- 2011 British television episodes
- 2011 in British politics
- Cultural depictions of Gordon Brown
- Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher
- Cultural depictions of Tony Blair
- Films directed by Peter Richardson (British director)
- The Comic Strip Presents... episodes
A Journey
A Journey is a memoir by Tony Blair of his tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Alastair Campbell
Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) is a British journalist, author, strategist, broadcaster, and activist, who is known for his political roles during Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director.
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Barbara Windsor
Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 193710 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.
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Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton
James Brian Edward Hutton, Baron Hutton, PC (29 June 1932 – 14 July 2020) was a British Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom.
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Carole Caplin
Carole Caplin (born 8 January 1962) was the style adviser to Cherie Blair and a fitness adviser to Tony Blair, when he was the British prime minister.
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Catherine Shepherd
Catherine Shepherd is an English comedic actress, writer and director.
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.
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Cherie Blair
Cherie, Lady Blair (born 23 September 1954), also known professionally as Cherie Booth, is an English barrister and writer.
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Clive James
Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Dartmouth, Devon
Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon.
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David Kelly (weapons expert)
David Christopher Kelly (14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003) was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW).
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Edinburgh International Television Festival
The Edinburgh International Television Festival is an annual media event held in the United Kingdom each August which brings together delegates from the television and digital world to debate the major issues facing the industry.
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Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylized Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations.
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Ford Kiernan
Ford John Kiernan (born 10 January 1962) is a Scottish actor, comedian and writer.
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Foreign Secretary
The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, also known as the foreign secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
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Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.
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Harry Enfield
Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer and director.
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James Buckley (actor)
James Patrick Buckley (born 14 August 1987) is an English actor, musician and YouTuber who played Jay Cartwright in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners, and Del Boy in the BBC comedy-drama Rock & Chips.
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Jay Hunt (television executive)
Jacqueline Leigh "Jay" Hunt (born 20 January 1967) is an Australian-born British television executive working as Creative Director, Worldwide Video, Europe for Apple Inc.
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Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958) is an English actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter.
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John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
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John Sessions
John Sessions (11 January 1953 – 2 November 2020), born John Marshall, was a British actor and comedian.
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John Smith (Labour Party leader)
John Smith (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a Scottish politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994.
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor.
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Morgana Robinson
Morgana Robinson is an Australian-born British comedian, impressionist, writer and actress.
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National Comedy Awards
The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year.
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Nigel Planer
Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, writer and musician.
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Norman Tebbit
Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, (born 29 March 1931) is a retired British politician.
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Pete Richens
Peter Richens was a British screenwriter.
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Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson (born 21 October 1953), is a British Labour Party politician who served as First Secretary of State from 2009 to 2010.
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Peter Richardson (British director)
Peter Richardson (born 15 October 1951) is an English director, screenwriter, actor and comedian.
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Rik Mayall
Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014), known professionally as Rik Mayall, was an English comedian, actor and writer.
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Robbie Coltrane
Anthony Robert McMillan (30 March 195014 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor.
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Robin Cook
Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook (28 February 19466 August 2005) was a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 until 2001 when he was replaced by Jack Straw.
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Ronni Ancona
Veronica "Ronni" Jane Ancona (born 4 July 1966)England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007 is a British actress, comedian, impressionist and writer best known for The Big Impression, which she co-wrote and starred in and was, for four years, one of BBC One's top-rated comedy programmes, winning numerous awards, including a BAFTA in 2003.
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Ross Noble
Ross Markham Noble (born 6 June 1976) is an English stand-up comedian and actor.
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South Devon
South Devon is the southern part of Devon, England.
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Stephen Mangan
Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968) is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer.
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Sunset Boulevard (film)
Sunset Boulevard (styled in the main title on-screen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett.
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Television comedy
Television comedy was/is a category of broadcasting that has been present since the early days of entertainment media.
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The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip are a group of British comedians who came to prominence in the 1980s.
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The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The Fugitive (1963 TV series)
The Fugitive is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
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Tony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
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Tony Curran
Tony Curran is a Scottish actor who has appeared in Underworld: Evolution, Doctor Who, Roots, and the Netflix historical epic Outlaw King.
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Torquay
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.
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Torquay Herald Express
The Herald Express is a local newspaper covering the Torbay area of the United Kingdom.
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Totnes
Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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See also
2011 British television episodes
- A Good Man Goes to War
- Alo (Skins series 5)
- Closing Time (Doctor Who)
- Day of the Moon
- Dead of Night (Torchwood)
- End of the Road (Torchwood)
- Everyone (Skins series 5)
- Fifteen Million Merits
- Franky (Skins series 5)
- Grace (Skins)
- Immortal Sins
- Let's Kill Hitler
- Liv (Skins series 5)
- Mini (Skins series 5)
- Next of Kin (Casualty)
- Nick (Skins series 5)
- Night Terrors (Doctor Who)
- Night and the Doctor
- Rendition (Torchwood)
- Rich (Skins series 5)
- Series 10, Episode 6 (Spooks)
- Sky (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Space and Time (Doctor Who)
- The Almost People
- The Blood Line (Torchwood)
- The Categories of Life
- The Curse of Clyde Langer
- The Curse of the Black Spot
- The Doctor's Wife
- The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
- The Entire History of You
- The Frog and the Pussycat
- The Gathering (Torchwood)
- The Girl Who Waited
- The God Complex
- The Hunt for Tony Blair
- The Impossible Astronaut
- The Man Who Never Was (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- The Middle Men
- The National Anthem (Black Mirror)
- The New World (Torchwood)
- The Rebel Flesh
- The Wedding of River Song
2011 in British politics
- 2010s in United Kingdom political history
- 2011 Hetherington House Occupation
- Anti-austerity movement in the United Kingdom
- Bailey Review
- Ed Balls document leak
- First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries
- Football Governance Inquiry
- Fraser v HM Advocate
- List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions (2011–present)
- List of witnesses of the Iraq Inquiry
- NOtoAV
- National Collective
- News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB
- Page Eight
- Project Merlin
- Reclaiming Health and Safety For All
- Review of the Labour Party in Scotland
- Succession to the Crown Bill 2011
- Tenancy deposit schemes (Scotland)
- The Hunt for Tony Blair
- The Purple Book (Labour Party)
- Winterbourne View hospital abuse
- YES! To Fairer Votes
- Yes for Wales
- You Can't Say That
Cultural depictions of Gordon Brown
- 2DTV
- Coalition (film)
- Headcases
- If... (comic)
- Pinewood Derby (South Park)
- Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)
- Spitting Image
- The Audience (2013 play)
- The Deal (2003 film)
- The Hunt for Tony Blair
- The Trial of Tony Blair
Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher
- Back in the USSA
- Battle for Britain (Private Eye)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Card Sharks (video game)
- Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher
- Eighties (song)
- For Your Eyes Only (film)
- Handbagged
- If... (comic)
- Iron Sky: The Coming Race
- Jaka's Story (comics)
- Let's Start a War
- Nuclear War (video game)
- Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)
- Reagan (2024 film)
- Spitting Image
- Spitting Image (video game)
- St. Swithin's Day (comics)
- Thatcher – The Musical!
- Thatcher's Techbase
- Thatchergate
- The Audience (2013 play)
- The Hunt for Tony Blair
- The Iron Lady (album)
- The Iron Lady (film)
- The New Statesman (1987 TV series)
- The Ploughman's Lunch
- The Queen (British TV serial)
- The Reckoning (2023 TV series)
- World War III (1998 film)
Cultural depictions of Tony Blair
- 2DTV
- Boom! (System of a Down song)
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years
- Cultural depictions of Tony Blair
- Headcases
- If... (comic)
- Independence Day UK
- Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
- New Labour, New Danger
- Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night
- Photo Op (photomontage)
- Prime Minister parodies (Private Eye)
- Shoot the Dog
- Spitting Image
- St Albion Parish News
- TONY! The Blair Musical
- Taking Liberties (film)
- The Audience (2013 play)
- The Deal (2003 film)
- The Ghost (novel)
- The Ghost Writer (film)
- The Government Inspector (film)
- The Hunt for Tony Blair
- The Killing$ of Tony Blair
- The Queen (2006 film)
- The Regina Monologues
- The Special Relationship (film)
- The Trial of Tony Blair
- Tony Blair (song)
- W. (film)
Films directed by Peter Richardson (British director)
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years
- Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Eat the Rich (film)
- South Atlantic Raiders
- The Hunt for Tony Blair
- The Supergrass
The Comic Strip Presents... episodes
- Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Didn't You Kill My Brother?
- Five Go Mad in Dorset
- GLC: The Carnage Continues...
- Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door
- South Atlantic Raiders
- The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
- The Hunt for Tony Blair
- The Strike
- The Yob
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_for_Tony_Blair
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