Revolting
GenreComedy, satire
Created by
Starring
  • Heydon Prowse
  • Jolyon Rubinstein
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes5
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHat Trick Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release3 January (2017-01-03) 
31 January 2017 (2017-01-31)
Related
The Revolution Will Be Televised

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

  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.
  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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