Final Script for: A-Team Sketch

cast

Hannibal - Darrel Draper

Face - Riccardo Lettieri

B.A Baracus - Damien Feeney

Murdock - Loucas Mappoura

Voiceover - Riccardo Lettieri
Sweet Brown - Riccardo Lettieri

The sketch begins with the classic A-Team theme tune music in the background of several shots of the team. A voiceover says...

Voiceover

Jailed by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, these men promptly escaped from Brixton prison, now still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them... maybe you could hire... The A-Team.

Several shots of the cast inform the audience of who is playing who. Once the theme tune ends we are greeted with a shot of the team sitting around a living room table. An intense game of snap is taking place. Sweat is running down B.A Baracus' forehead and everyone is looking focused as Hannibal deals the cards. Eventually two cards of the same number are dealt in a row...

INT. Location Unknown. DAY 13:45pm

Everyone

SNNAAPPP!!!

Face wins the hand. B.A Baracus looks frustrated...

B.A Baracus

I hate this game anyways…

He picks up the newspaper on the table and begins to read.

B.A Baracus

Hey guys, look at this!

He hands the newspaper to Hannibal who reads the first article he sees…

Hannibal (reading from the newspaper) 

Jessie J nipple slip… oh! 

He looks excited by the prospect of seeing Jessie J’s nipple but is disappointed by the picture in the paper…

B.A Baracus

Not that! Page 27!

Hannibal turns to page 27 and reads the article aloud to the group…

Hannibal

Local cat stuck in tree… firemen too busy to help… owner in distress… looks like a job for the A-team… Boys, this looks like a job for the A-team!

The next shot cuts to the group standing around the table. A map is laid out across the table as Hannibal is ready to deliver the plan of action…

Hannibal

Ok boys listen up, due to the budget of the Middlesex University props department, this toy frog that you can get from a Christmas cracker will represent the cat, and this here loo roll tube will represent the tree. Now the cat is stuck in the tree…

He demonstrates by placing the loo roll tube on the map and carefully placing the frog on top of the loo roll tube…

Hannibal

Now, the plan is to get the cat out of the tree… (pause) Any suggestions?

B.A Baracus

I could shoot it out.

Hannibal

No, its too risky!

Face

Maybe we could shake the tree from side to side, then the cat would fall out… like this…

He demonstrates his point by shaking the loo roll tube from sude to side. The toy frog falls out of the loo roll tube…

Hannibal

Yes, that’s so crazy it might just work! Its settled then, the plan is to shake the cat out of the tree… any questions?

Murdock who has looked confused up until this point finally breaks his silence…

Murdock 

Uh, yea… is there any bog roll left? I need a shit…

Utter silence as the rest of the team look at Murdock in amazement! The next shot cuts to the team walking towards the front door to embark on their journey. Before we reach the door, Hannibal searches his pockets, stops walking and has a realisation…

Hannibal

Oh damn it, ive just remembered, the van is in for its MOT today… I'm sorry boys but Jim just couldn't fix it this time... we are gonna have to walk…

Face & B.A Baracus

Walk?!

A cutaway shot of Sweet Brown is inserted here.

EXT. Alleyway in Africa. Day Time Unknown.

Sweet Brown

Ain't nobody got time for that!

Cuts back immediately to the team.

INT. Hallway of house. Day 13:58pm

Hannibal

Yes walk… Now then, Now then...

The team show verbal disapproval as we leave the front door. The next scene cuts to a shot of the team walking down a narrow alleyway in slow motion to “move bitch, get out the way” A cutaway scene that says ’15 minutes later’ is revealed to the audience. After the cutaway scene, the boys are down an alleyway, but there is no sign of any trees. Hannibal is reading the map. Face comes into the shot with a Subway sandwich…

EXT. Loction Unknown. DAY 15:27pm

Face

I can’t believe you got us lost! (he sips on his Subway drink)

Hannibal

It’s around here somewhere…

B.A Baracus comes into the shot carrying a KFC box meal…

B.A Baracus (he is shivering in his vest top)

Hey guys, I’m cold… 

Face

Oh grow a pair of balls you fag…

B.A Baracus leaves the shot…

Hannibal

I don’t get it, the tree should be right here…

Face looks at the map Hannibal is reading from and discovers why they are lost…

Face

This is a map of Middle Earth… we are in Hendon...

A cutaway shot that says ’30 minutes later’ is revealed to the audience. The team have arrived at the tree. By this time it is late and the cat has already been saved…

EXT. Local Garden. DAY 15:58pm

Face

Where’s the cat?

Hannibal 

I dunno?

Murdock

Can we just play some Fifa?

There is a verbal agreement to Murdock’s suggestion. The next shot sees the team sitting on a bed playing Fifa...

INT. Bedroom. EVENING 18:49pm

Murdock

I love it when a plan comes together.

Hannibal

You remember the deal yea, don’t tell anyone that I touched you all up...

Face (to Hannibal)

 You are sick in the head, you know that…

Hannibal

I’m sick in the head? You’re the one that wrote this fucking sketch show…

Face

Fair play!

Murdock

Are we done yet?

Face

Yea, we’re done…

B.A Baracus (in Damien’s normal voice) 

Good, I’m getting tired of doing that stupid voice…

Face (walks towards the camera)

How do you turn this fucking thing off?

He presses stop on the camera and the sketch ends!

END

Final Script for: Blow-Up Date Part 2

Cast

Rico - Riccardo Lettieri

Damien - Damien Feeney

Blow-Up Sex Doll - As Herself

INT. Damien's bedroom. EVENING 20:34pm

Rico walks into Damien's room carrying two cans of Fosters. He opens the door, turns around and makes a shocking discovery.

Rico

Hey buddy, I thought we could have a bit of a catch up... UUHHH!!!

To his horror, he finds the blow-up sex doll in bed with his best mate. Damien looks horrified to see him...

Damien

It's not what it looks like I swear, I swear!

Rico drops the cans of Fosters on the floor, drops to his knees and lets out a horrified cry...

Rico

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!  

The camera then cuts to Rico sitting on the floor with the deflated blow-up doll resting on his lap. He is holding a knife and the doll, his face and the knife are all covered in blood...

INT. Location Unknown. Time Unknown

Rico (He is crying)

I didn't want to do it... you made me do it... you slept with my best friend... I thought you were special... I thought you were the one... how could you do this to me?... why?... I'm so sorry... forgive me... forgive me... forgive me...

He begins to rock from side to side...

END

  

Final Script for: Fosters Ad 2

Cast

Brad - Riccardo Lettieri

Dan - Aaron Lampard

Jack - Riccardo Lettieri

Jack's Girlfriend - Katie Johnson

Voiceover - Riccardo Lettieri

EXT. Location unknown (A shed somewhere in Australia) DAY 09:15am

A sound of a phone ringing can be heard over shots of a shed. A close up of the phone is revealed to the viewers as one of the boys answers it.

Brad & Dan

Gooday!

INT. Jack's living room. EVENING 18:15pm 

Jack

Hi guys, its Jack from Hendon again...

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:15am 

Brad & Dan

Jacko again!

INT. Jack's living room. EVENING 18:15pm 

Jack

My girlfriend has been using sex as a weapon against me recently, I mean she said that if I don't cut the grass, she's not gonna have sex with me, its not fair.

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:15am 

Brad

Some women are fiends mate

Dan

They're sexy and they know it

Brad

And they will use their curvy bodies to manipulate you into doing anything

INT. Jack's living room. EVENING 18:15pm 

Jack

Exactly, the sex is great, but I don't want to be her bitch. What do I do?

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:15am 

Dan

there's only one solution

Brad

you need to make sex feel like a chore to her

Dan

But still enjoyable for you

INT. Jack's living room. EVENING 18:16pm 

Jack

Ok, so how do I do that?

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:16am

Dan

Experiment a bit

Brad

Try some new positions that you know you love

Dan

But she hates

INT. Jack's living room. EVENING 18:16pm 

Jack

Right, Iv'e got just the thing, thanks guys.

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:16am

Brad

No wackers!

Brad & Dan

Tuurooh!

They hang up. Jack walks into his garden where his girlfriend can be seen looking at the grass. 

EXT. Jack's garden. EVENING 18:16pm 

Jack (to his girlfriend)

If I cut this grass, tonight we are doing anal!

His girlfriend looks at him in disgust. The next shot cuts to a freshly pulled pint of Fosters on a table. A voiceover says...

Voiceover

Fosters, Good Call.

END

Final Script for: Rico's Workout sketch

Cast

Seller - Riccardo Lettieri

Rico - Riccardo Lettieri

Valued Customer - Damien Feeney

Chocolate Customer - Riccardo Lettieri

Voiceover - Riccardo Lettieri

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:34pm

The seller can be seen reading a Nuts magazine until he realises that the camera is on. He throws the Nuts magazine aside and begins his amazing sales pitch.

Seller

Hi there! Are you sick and tired of your fat and ugly body? Well you should be, just look at yourself, you're disgusting. But never fear, because Rico's workout is here...

INT. Rico's room. DAY Time Unknown

Rico is working out to workout music that is playing in the background. A close up of his right arm joint. He is appearing to be doing some weights with his right arm. 

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:34pm

Seller

That's right ladies, you could loose up to two dress sizes with this new workout, that's right, two!

INT. Rico's room. DAY Time Unknown

Rico is working out to workout music that is playing in the background. He is doing press ups but it looks as though he is struggling...

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:34pm

Seller

Do you want to loose that unnecessary second chin? Well now you can!

INT. Rico's room. DAY Time Unknown

Rico is working out to workout music that is playing in the background. He is doing sit ups this time, but yet again he is struggling to get past two sit ups...

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:35pm

Seller

The workout routine is adapted to you. Exercise when you want and for how long you want. You can even start off small...

INT. Rico's room. DAY Time Unknown

Rico is working out to workout music that is playing in the background. He is lifting weights with his right arm. The camera zooms fully out to reveal that he is in actual fact just lifting up a pen with his right arm...

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:35pm

Seller

This workout routine is guaranteed to increase the size of your muscles...

INT. Rico's room. DAY Time Unknown

Rico is working out to workout music that is playing in the background. He is bench pressing what appears to be a heavy weight. Once the camera zooms fully out, it is revealed that he is only bench pressing the extension pipe to a hoover...

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:35pm

Seller

The results are incredible, in just two months you can go from this...

A picture of an incredibly overweight woman lying on a sofa is shown to the audience.

Seller

To this...

A picture of a man with ripping muscles is shown to the audience.

Seller

That's right people, this workout is so good, you will even change sex!

INT. Rico's room. DAY Time Unknown

Rico is working out to workout music that is playing in the background. He is lifting a pen with his right arm. Suddenly, he transforms into a girl lifting a pen with his right arm. He has long black hair and has developed a pair of breasts.

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:36pm

Seller

This workout truly does work, and if you don't believe me, why not ask one of our valued customers?!

A shot of a muscular man standing in front of a blank wall. He has a knife to his arm which is clearly being held by the seller. 

INT. Location Unknown. Time Unknown

Valued Customer (Nervously)

Well, a couple of months ago I was fat, so then I tried Rico's workout, and now I'm sexy. (He begins to cry)

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:36pm

Seller

Do black people ever lie? Of course they don't! Well there you go, what more proof do you need? Take Rico's workout today!

INT. Rico's room. DAY Time Unknown

Rico is working out to workout music that is playing in the background. He is panting and looks tired and out of breath. 

INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:36pm

Seller

And here it is for its lowest ever price of just four monthly instalments of £24.99, and that's not all, if you order now, I will throw in this chocolate bar absolutely free!

Cut to a fat customer with his face covered in chocolate.

INT. Location Unknown. Time Unknown

Chocolate customer

I only bought the DVD for the chocolate!

                                                   INT. Seller's room. DAY 16:37pm

The DVD is placed on the table over a copy of the Nuts magazine. A voiceover says..

Voiceover

Available in all good DVD stores, terms and conditions apply, subject to availability, see in store for details... Results may vary.

END

Final Script for: Blow-Up Date Sketch

Cast

Rico - Riccardo Lettieri

Damien - Damien Feeney

Blow-Up Sex Doll - As Herself

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 39am

Rico is sitting on the living room sofa on his laptop. He smiles then closes his laptop, takes out his phone and calls his friend Damien. Cut to Damien who is in his room reading a Nuts magazine. His phone goes off. Recognising the number he answers it.

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:39am

Damien 

Hey buddy

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 39am

Rico

Hey buddy, I just wanted to let you know that I have a date tonight.

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:39am

Damien 

Nice one. so, where did you meet her?

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 39am

Rico

Internet, on a dating website.

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:39am

Damien (sounds worried)

Which one?

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 39am

Rico

Plenty Of Fucks dot com. 

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:40am

Damien (sounds relieved)

Good stuff. so, what does she look like?

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 40am

Rico

Her profile pic looks great. she's young, sexy and apparently she's really dirty!

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:40am

Damien

Oh yea? Gonna get your dick wet tonight then?!

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 40am

Rico

Yea, hopefully, if it all goes well. She's coming round for dinner.

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:40am

Damien

Nice one! From the dinner table to the bedroom, good plan!

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 40am

Rico

Yea, I just gotta cook something first

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:40am

Damien

Dude, you will be fine, wear smart clothes, cook some romantic food, be yourself and she will be gagging for your cock! Trust me.

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 41am

Rico

Yea, nice one. Right, I'll let you know how it goes. see you later buddy.

INT. Damien's room. DAY 11:41am

Damien

Laters budz.

He hangs up and resumes reading his Nuts Magazine.

INT. Rico's living room. DAY 11: 41am

Rico (Talking to himself)

Smart clothes, romantic food...

INT. Rico's Kitchen. EVENING 18:09pm

Rico can be seen sitting at the dinner table in a Hawaiian shirt with beans on toast served on plastic plates. He is looking directly at his date with amazement. He reaches for his phone and raises it to his face. On the phone is a picture of the date which he compares with the blow-up doll sitting opposite him. He lowers the phone and breathes a huge sigh of relief. 

Rico

You look just like your profile picture.

The blow-up doll remains motionless. A cutaway that reveals to the audience that several minutes has passed. We are now greeted with Rico laughing. The beans on toast have been partially consumed.

INT. Rico's kitchen. EVENING 18: 58pm

Rico

So then, I punched him square in his face.

The doll stares at him with the shocked expression she has permanently glued to her face. Her plastic face is covered with beans.

Rico

That's the same expression on everyone's face that day. you are such a good listener. Do you want to go upstairs and see my room?

INT. Rico's bedroom. NIGHT 19:16pm

The next scene sees Rico and the doll in his room. The doll is naked and lying on Rico's bed who is standing at the foot of the bed. Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On is playing in the background. Rico removes his boxers and stares at the doll who stares back at him with the same shocked expression on her face. 

Rico

You look surprised. Were you expecting smaller?

Rico advances on the bed towards the doll as the shot fades out. The next shot fades in. It is morning and we can see Rico waking up. He realises that there is someone in the bed next to him so he rolls over to have a look and looks back in disgust. He slowly climbs out of the bed as to make sure not to wake the doll up. He finds his clothes, puts them on and retreats to the kitchen. He phones his mate Damien.

INT. Rico's Kitchen. MORNING 09:26am

Rico

Hey mate, yea, listen... I may need to get myself tested.

END

Final Script for: Fosters Ad 1

Cast

Brad - Riccardo Lettieri

Dan - Aaron Lampard

Jack - Riccardo Lettieri

Jack's girlfriend - Katie Johnson
Voiceover - Riccardo Lettieri

EXT. Location unknown (A shed somewhere in Australia) DAY 09:15am

A sound of a phone ringing can be heard over shots of a shed. A close up of the phone is revealed to the viewers as one of the boys answers it.

Brad & Dan

Gooday!

INT. Jack's bedroom. EVENING 18:15pm 

Jack

Hi guys, it's Jack from Hendon.

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:15am 

Brad & Dan

Jacko!

INT. Jack's bedroom. EVENING 18:15pm 

Jack

Hiya, my girlfriend has been giving me the silent treatment for two days now and I don't know why.

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:15am 

Brad

The silent treatment

Dan

Social rejection

Brad

The cold shoulder

INT. Jack's bedroom. EVENING 18:15pm 

Jack

I know, I mean, I haven't even done anything wrong, what do I do?

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:15am 

Dan

Well, first of all you need to confront the silence

Brad

You need to look at her square in the face and ask her what she's playing at

 INT. Jack's bedroom. EVENING 18:16pm 

Jack

But what if she doesn't answer?

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:16am 

Brad

Make her answer

Dan

You need to be assertive

Brad

Let her know that you're not putting up with this

Dan

That you're the man and you demand an answer

INT. Jack's bedroom. EVENING 18:16pm 

Jack

Right, well that's what I'm going to do then... thanks boys.

INT. Shed in Australia. DAY 09:16am 

Brad & Dan

Tuurooh!

They hang up the phone. 

INT. Jack's bedroom. EVENING 18:16pm 

Jack also hangs up the phone and walks over to his girlfriend who is sitting on the bed looking upset with Jack.

Jack (aggressively to his girlfriend)

What the fuck is your problem?

The camera then cuts to a table with a pulled pint of Fosters on it. a voiceover can be heard.

Voiceover

Fosters, Good call.

END

Final Script for: Babestation Sketch

Cast

Voiceover - Riccardo Lettieri

Babestation girl (Rico) - Riccardo Lettieri

INT. Girl's bedroom - MORNING 1 00:30am

A voiceover announces the next girl who will be taking your calls...

Voiceover

Hi Boys! We have got a special treat for you, taking over for the next five minutes it's Rico, enjoy. (blows a kiss)

The Babestation girl appears on the bed with a phone by her side waving at the camera. There is a number on the screen which she repeatedly points to whilst shaking the phone at the camera. Seductive Babestation music is constantly playing in the background. She wiggles her bottom at the camera. She picks up the phone and mimes 'Hello' a few times but it seems that nobody was on the other end of the line. She mimes obvious words such as 'cum', 'arse', 'fuck' and 'cock' into the camera. She shakes her body up and down on the bed although she is having imaginary sex with it. She points at the number on the screen, then at the phone in her hand again. There is a pause before she reaches for the microphone by the side of her bed. She speaks into it as we hear her voice for the first time.

Babestation girl (Rico)

  Hello boys, I'm so wet and horny, you can do what you want to me, are you ready to play? get stuck right in, come and join me now, pick up that phone and let's have a chat (She blows a kiss into the microphone)

She starts moving her body up and down on the bed again and mimes masturbation with two of her fingers. She then looks to her right hand side, mime talking and smiling at someone who is standing off screen. She points at the camera and with her fingers indicates to the viewers that she wants them to 'come here'. She then moves to the wall behind her bed and begins rubbing her body up and down the walls with her back towards the camera. She then poorly mimes having sex with the bed in several different positions. She clearly mimes 'call me' into the camera whilst waving her tongue around a lot. Several more seconds pass without a caller and she is beginning to look disheartened and uninterested. She mimes oral sex with the phone, plays with her breasts and smiles and winks into the camera in a desperate attempt to obtain a caller. She eventually picks up the microphone again and speaks into it.

Babestation girl (Rico)

Come on boys, Iv'e had no callers, why? I'm virtually naked and I'm so horny, come on pick up the phone and give me a call.

She puts the microphone down and begins shaking the phone again. Once again several more seconds pass without a caller. She looks over her right shoulder to the person standing off screen and talks to them again. She looks annoyed and irritated and decides to leave the bed.

END

   

Final Script for... Nigella Lawson Sketch

Cast

Nigella Lawson - Riccardo Lettieri

Nigella's Guest - Alessandro Lettieri

INT. Nigella's Kitchen - DAY 16:30pm

Nigella walks into shot beside her kitchen worktop. 

Nigella

There's nothing I enjoy more after being stuffed by my main course than to have a creamy dessert afterwards. My favourite treat has to be my very succulent and delicious custard tarts. They are just so scrumptious and easy to make. So first take a bowl and add some sugar.

She adds sugar into a clear glass mixing bowl.

Nigella

This will make your tart so sweet. Then add three eggs.

She poorly cracks three eggs into the bowl, a few egg shells fall into the mixture.

Nigella

Try not to get any of the shells in there, as this will add an unwanted crunch to your tart. Now add some butter.

She puts a large lump of butter into the bowl and looks at the camera whilst saying:

Nigella

I can't believe it's not butter! Now add some flour. 

She mixes flour into the mixture from a height causing clouds of flour to appear on her dress.

Nigella

Now add a generous squirt of golden syrup.

She adds the smallest amount of syrup into the mixture.

Nigella

Now add some milk.

She shakily adds milk into the bowl.

Nigella

Mmmm, it's already beginning to look tasty. Now add some water, and this is just to make the mixture more wet and soft.

She fills a glass full with water from the kitchen tap and adds it to the mixture.

Nigella

Then add a good dollop of sticky honey.

She adds a generous amount of honey and reaches for a wooden spoon.

Nigella

Now, i'm going to use a spoon, but you can always use your hands, that is, if you don't mind getting them dirty.

She rather violently mixes the contents of the bowl with her wooden spoon. 

Nigella

 Now, you don't want the mixture to be too soft or too hard, you want to achieve a mixture, which is the same texture as spunk... Now here's the fun part, you get to lick the spoon.

She closes her eyes whilst seductively licking the mixture from the wooden spoon.

Nigella

Mmmm, delicious. I will save the rest for later. Now you want to transfer the mixture into a baking tray at gas mark nine for twelve hours. Here's some that Tesco made earlier.

She presents a perfectly laid out selection of custard tarts made by Tesco.

Nigella

Mmmm, they look delicious and ready to eat. All that's left to do now, is share them with my guests.

She throws the plate on the kitchen table in front of her guest who seems uninterested, then disgusted with the way the food has been presented to him.  

END.

Research: The Kentucky Fried Movie

The Kentucky Fried Movie was created in 1977 and was one of the first of its kind. An entire movie dedicated to a collection of random and unrelated sketches including rude news reporters, crazy TV commercials and even a Bruce Lee parody.

The entire movie is worth a watch as each sketch is written and performed to perfection and comedy is evident in every single section. The parodies and ideas generated from this film inspired me to create my own sketch show and it remains one of my favourite comedy films of all time:

A sketch from the film titled 'Eye Witness News':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgcs291CwA

Research: The Impression Show

Debra Stephenson and Jon Culshaw are the duo behind 'The Impression Show' that contains nothing but sketches of celebrities impersonated by the duo. Common faces such as Jonathan Ross, Ross Kemp, Lord Alan Sugar, Ray Mears, Davina McCall, Anne Robinson, Fiona Bruce, Wayne and Coleen Rooney and many more are seen in ridiculous scenarios whilst being impersonated by Culshaw and Stephenson.

If they can be mastered to a respectable standard, impressions can be funny, so long as the audience are aware of who you are trying to impersonate. For this reason, well known celebrities are usually at the receiving end of impression artists. I attempted to impersonate Nigella lawson in the opening sketch to my show by over-exaggerating the sexual nature of her coking programmes. Impressions can also be funny however, if they are executed incredibly poorly, such as Aaron Lampard's Australian accent during the Fosters Advert sketches!

Jon Culshaw's impression of the Prince Of Wales:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpWl_YOXo4

Debra Stephenson's impression of Anne Robinson with Jon Culshaw as Simon Cowell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKI7S1nRP8w

Research: Horrible Histories

As random as it seems, I am a fan of CBBC's Horrible Histories!!!

Although it is aimed at a younger audience, the characters portrayed by the actors are of historical significance yet they are portrayed in a humorous way that appeals to the younger generation. Despite not being a comical sketch show as such, it still contains elements of humour whilst maintaining its educational purposes of informing children about historical characters and events. The humour is presented in the form of exaggerated character representation with a contemporary twist to such historical giants like King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth.

Songs are a common feature amongst the programme as lyrics from contemporary and famous songs are changed and adapted to reveal historical information such as events and dates:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSkaAwKMD4 

Songs are an inventive way of achieving humour if the lyrics of a well known song can be adapted.