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''15 Minute Musical'' is a comedy series on BBC Radio 4 written by Richie Webb, David Quantick and Dave Cohen. Each episode is in a different musical style with a story featuring current celebrities and politicians. The show won the 2009 Writers' Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy.〔http://www.writersguild.org.uk/public/003_WritersGuil/397_WGGBNewsGui.html〕 ==Episodes== The first series aired from October 2004 and featured the following episodes: #''Brothers In Arms'' — A rock musical about Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and the 1994 Labour Party leadership race #''Jeffrey!'' — A Gilbert and Sullivan style operetta portraying the rise and fall of Jeffrey Archer #''BollyWindsor'' — A Bollywood romp starring the Royal Family #''Calamity Dave'' — An ''Oklahoma!'' pastiche about the life of David Beckham #''Horror Tory'' — Michael Howard and Ann Widdecombe plot their next move in Rocky Horror style #''The Elton Story'' — Ben Elton sells his soul in an Andrew Lloyd Webber twee-fest The second series aired from December 2005, featuring: #''Blunketto'' — An Italian opera charting life of David Blunkett #''Simon Smug and The Crap Factory'' — Simon Cowell and his fellow judges come a cropper in a Roald Dahl musical scenario #''George W Formby Does It Again'' — George W. Bush tries to save the world armed with his ukulele #''Food!'' — Celebrity chefs enrol in Delia Smith's Fame Academy #''Nice Hair'' — A Sixties love-in with Robert Kilroy-Silk #''My Foul-Mouthed Lady'' — Madonna and Guy Ritchie try to change themselves into something they're not The third series aired from August 2006, featuring: #''Manager Mia'' — A tribute to former England football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and the songs of ABBA #''S.S. Metaphor'' — Kate Moss and Pete Doherty star in an unbreakable love affair on an unsinkable ship #''Oh! What a Lovely Blair'' — Field Marshal Corporal Lieutenant General Tony Blair in the trenches #''The Court of King Michael of Parkinson'' — Who will take Michael Parkinson's prog rock chat show throne? #''The Blue Brothers'' — Dave 'Cocaine' Cameron and Boris 'Bonkers' Johnson are on a mission — to save the Conservative Party orphanage #''The Three Smugateers'' — Chris Martagnan and friends make the world safe for his p'tit bébé, Pomme The fourth series aired from September 2007, featuring: #''Westminster Side Story'' — Gordon Brown and David Cameron are the two gang leaders with nothing to fight about. #''Life on Noel'' — Noel Edmonds wakes up in 2007 and is desperate to return to 1973. #''How Do You Stop a Woman Like Camilla?'' — Camilla Parker Bowles leaves the convent to help look after Charles Von Windsor's huge family of two boys. #''When You Wish upon a Car'' — A tornado dumps Jeremy Clarkson under the rainbow in the Land of Oz. #''The Princess and the Frog Chorus'' — A fairytale about young princess Heather (Mills) and not-so-young prince Paul (McCartney). #''Around the World in 15 Minutes'' — in which Tony Phileas Blair takes a bet from Gordon Brown. The fifth series aired from November 2008, featuring: #''Washington High School Musical'' — Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton compete to be President of Washington High. #''Ramsey Todd'' — Gordon Ramsay Todd finds a new ingredient that makes his pies the talk of London Town. #''We're All Going On An Olympic Odyssey'' — London 2012 is fast approaching and the country is relying on Boris Johnson. #''Cleggarella'' — Feeling unloved and unnoticed, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is granted three wishes. #''Pappa Pia'' — Piers Morgan discovers that his father is one of three reality show judges. #''A Christmas Gordon'' — Gordon Brown is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. The sixth series〔(15 Minute Musical - Radio 4 - British Comedy Guide )〕 aired in December 2010: # ''Dr Bruce'' — Bruce Forsyth plays Doctor Who to defend his place in the Saturday night TV schedule # ''The Lying King'' — Nick Clegg goes into coalition with the Conservatives. # ''Mary Poppin-up-at-the-last-minute-to-score-the-winner'' — the coaching style of Fabio Capello # ''Thoroughly Modern Miliband'' — the Labour leadership election # ''Just the Two Tone of Us'' — about Ant and Dec. # ''QuadraQueenia'' — about a year in the life of HM The Queen The seventh series〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pmchf/episodes/guide Series 7 Episode guide〕 aired over Christmas 2012: # ''A Right Royal Cockney Christmas'' - Upstairs Downton with the Windsors and the Middletons. Plus a spoons solo. First broadcast: 25 Dec 2012 # Brian Cox in ''Brian Elliott'', - about a boy who D-reams of being a Scientist. First broadcast: 26 Dec 2012 # ''The Ozfather'' - The rise and rise of Rupert Murdoch, and how he came to Britain to build a media empire. First broadcast: 27 Dec 2012 # ''The Reducers'' - Can the coalition cash in by crashing out at the next election? First broadcast: 28 Dec 2012 # ''Licence to Kil...marnock'' - Special Agent Ond, Alex Salm-Ond, is pitted against old foe Dr No Vote, Alistair Darling. First broadcast: 31 Dec 2012 # ''Barack of Ages'' - Barack Obama struggles to find the strength to fight for the American presidency. First broadcast: 1 Jan 2013 The eighth series aired over Christmas 2013: # ''It's A One-Hit-Wonderful Life'' - Simon Cowell contemplates career suicide until Susan Boyle turns up. First broadcast: 24 Dec 2013 # ''Julian And The Assanging Technicolour Download'' - the Really Useless story of Julian Assange is Wiki-leaked. First broadcast: 25 Dec 2013 # ''The Last Days Of Farage'' - the trials and tribulations of Nigel Farage as he struggles to keep Britpop out of the EU. First broadcast: 26 Dec 2013 # ''Heaven Knows I'm Middle-Aged Now'' - Can Morrissey make a comeback? Can David Bowie and Lady Gaga help? Can Paul McCartney find someone who hasn't heard his ''Yesterday'' anecdote yet? First broadcast: 27 Dec 2013 # ''Half A Sixth Form'' - Michael Gove Steeles himself to teach David Cameron a thing or two about education reform. First broadcast: 30 Dec 2013 # ''Ra Ra It's Putin'' - A visit to the Funky Federation of Russia as Vladimir Putin finds himself within a ''non-traditional disco setup''. First broadcast 31 Dec 2013 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「15 Minute Musical」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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