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Have We Got Politicians for You

It is the question on everyone’s lips: what’s next for Critic TV? Some may argue that there’s too much political television in Britain, but we say the only problem is that there’s not enough. So, it’s time to tune your antenna to debating fun as we unveil the summer schedule that has the mainstream channels adjusting their spam filters.

Film: DoMoD

Christopher Nolan’s time-twisting mystery stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a genius secret agent known only as “The Dom”. After successfully completing his latest mission, installing a buffoon at the top of an unnamed European government, The Dom begins to suspect he has made a terrible mistake, and tries to travel back in time to fix the problem. But who is the mysterious figure who is fighting him, and why does he look exactly like The Dom? Incomprehensible even on repeated viewings.

Dan Hodges Investigates

Did Lisa Nandy fake the Moon landings? How many poppadoms do you get for £3? Each week, Twitter’s leading conspiracy investigator shouts deep into the mysteries of the ancients, until they give up.

What’s My Crime?

Prime Minister and leading recidivist Boris Johnson challenges the Parliamentary Committee on Standards to guess which laws he’s broken each week, assisting them by giving sideways glances to the camera as they get closer to this episode’s felony.

Street Vote!

Each week the team, led by Michael Gove, visits a different person who’s planning an extension and then organises a local vote on whether it should go ahead, with the goal of bringing to local communities the kind of togetherness delivered by Britain’s recent referendums.

Ferrets’ Sack

Does the prime minister need new advisers? Evan Davis hosts the hit show where budding special advisers have to pitch “policies” to a panel of “ferrets”, who try to guess which one will look best on the front page of the Telegraph, and then claim that they came up with it.

Word of Mouth

You knew that “Greasy Night” is north east slang for “wild orgy”, but did you know that “food bank” can often mean “criminal network”? Durham MP Richard Holden leads a light-hearted journey through the eccentricities of the English language, based on things he’s misunderstood on the internet.

Watching Paint Dry With Keir Starmer

The leader of the opposition discusses his favourite shades of beige. Extended edition.

Paul Mason’s World of Tankies

The Marxist journalist travels Britain starting fights with fellow left-wingers whom he suspects of secretly supporting Russian expansionism.

We Need to Talk About Keir

Each week, a left-wing journalist offers a heartfelt criticism of Labour’s current leader, setting out how he undermined Jeremy Corbyn and then broke the promises he made during his leadership campaign. In the interests of balance, a right-wing journalist will agree.

Lee Anderson’s Dinners

Can you eat for 30p a day? Of course you can! No-nonsense Ashfield MP Anderson travels the country telling people it’s their own fault they’re hungry. And then goes for dinner.

Ros Atkins: Open University

So successful is the BBC’s man-about-facts at explaining complicated stories clearly that the nation’s entire adult education programme has been turned over to him. This week, Ros tackles epitaxial heterostructures and Malthusian economics in eight minutes each.

Film: A Few Good WAGs

Classic courtroom drama sees two celebrities burning millions in an effort to find out whose reputation will be destroyed fastest. Starring Colleen Rooney and Rebecca Vardy, with a guest appearance from Peter Andre’s penis.

Please Notice Me, With Piers Morgan

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