Revolting (TV series)

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Revolting
Genre	Comedy, satire
Created by	Heydon Prowse; Jolyon Rubinstein;
Starring	Heydon Prowse; Jolyon Rubinstein;
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Hat Trick Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	3 January –; 31 January 2017
Related
	The Revolution Will Be Televised

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Revolting is a British sketch/prank TV show starring Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein, which aired for five episodes in 2017 on BBC Two. It is a follow-up to The Revolution Will Be Televised, a similar comedy show starring the two, which aired on BBC Three from 2012 to 2015. Revolting includes characters from the previous show like the fictional Tory MP James Twottington-Burbage, as well as new characters like Duckface, a self-important online activist.^[1]

One sketch on the show which notably caused controversy was "The Real Housewives of ISIS",^[2]^[3]^[4] a parody of The Real Housewives reality television franchise, set among the wives of terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.^[5]

References

^ Dessau, Bruce (4 January 2017). "Revolting's Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein: 'the worse things get the more there is to satirise'". Evening Standard.
^ "The BBC made an Isis themed comedy sketch and no one knows what to make of it". The Independent. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ Blistein, Jon (5 January 2017). "Watch Controversial BBC Sketch 'Real Housewives of ISIS'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ Horton, Helena (4 January 2017). "'The Real Housewives of Isis': BBC criticised online for 'insensitive' new sketch". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ Topping, Alexandra (6 January 2017). "Real Housewives of Isis: 'They want Muslims to be offended, but we aren't'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

External links

Revolting at IMDb

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[1] Dessau, Bruce (4 January 2017). "Revolting's Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein: 'the worse things get the more there is to satirise'". Evening Standard.

[2] "The BBC made an Isis themed comedy sketch and no one knows what to make of it". The Independent. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

[3] Blistein, Jon (5 January 2017). "Watch Controversial BBC Sketch 'Real Housewives of ISIS'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

[4] Horton, Helena (4 January 2017). "'The Real Housewives of Isis': BBC criticised online for 'insensitive' new sketch". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

[guardian-5] Topping, Alexandra (6 January 2017). "Real Housewives of Isis: 'They want Muslims to be offended, but we aren't'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

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