History Radio / FifteenMinuteMusical

* AnythingThatMoves: UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson, especially in ''Blue Brothers.''

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** UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen

It's notable for refusing to take anything with even an ounce of seriousness, [[SelfDeprecation least of all itself,]] resulting in a [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness hugely silly]], [[UpToEleven over-the-top]] WorldOfHam, run entirely on RuleOfFunny, with NoFourthWall. A thirty-minute {{Mockumentary}}, starring Richie Webb and ridiculing the show itself, was broadcast in 2006.

'''Michael Howard:''' At least, that's how he's dressed - [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar these trousers are tight...]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar

* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The Houses of Parliament as portrayed in ''The Lying King.''

* DealWithTheDevil: Parodied at the expense of Creator/AndrewLloydWebber in ''The Elton Story.''

* DealWithTheDevil: Parodied at the expense of AndrewLloydWebber in ''The Elton Story.''

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: ''A Christmas Gordon.'' In which stingy Ebenezer Brown is visited by the ghosts of Prime Minister [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Past,]] [[UsefulNotes/TonyBlair Present]] and [[UsefulNotes/DavidCameron Future.]]
* [[YouLookFamiliar You Sound Familiar]]: The cast barely changes from series to series. The same actors end up playing different celebrities, and unless there's a funny voice or VerbalTic to set them apart (there usually is), they'll end up sounding exactly the same.

* BritishRoyalFamily

* RupertMurdoch

* Creator/PeterMandelson

* CampGay: Creator/PeterMandelson in ''Brothers In Arms'' and ''Oh, Oh, Oh What A Lovely Blair.''

* LoveTriangle: Between UsefulNotes/TonyBlair, UsefulNotes/GordonBrown and Creator/PeterMandelson in ''Brothers In Arms.''

* UsefulNotes/PeterMandelson

* CampGay: PeterMandelson in ''Brothers In Arms'' and ''Oh, Oh, Oh What A Lovely Blair.''

* LoveTriangle: Between UsefulNotes/TonyBlair, UsefulNotes/GordonBrown and UsefulNotes/PeterMandelson in ''Brothers In Arms.''

* BruceForsyth

** HMTheQueen

And the chorus [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong strongly resembles]] ''[[Music/BobDylanMr Tambourine Man]]'' as performed by Music/TheByrds\\

And the chorus [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong strongly resembles]] ''[[Music/BobDylanMr Tambourine Man'' as performed by Music/TheByrds\\

* TonyBlair

* GordonBrown

* BorisJohnson
* PeterMandelson

* MargaretThatcher

* AnythingThatMoves: BorisJohnson, especially in ''Blue Brothers.''

* CatchPhrase: TonyBlair's "Tough on X, [[MemeticMutation tough on the causes of X!"]]

* EvilLaugh: TonyBlair gives a very [[EvilIsHammy hammy]] one following his victory in ''Brothers In Arms,'' made all the more chilling because his FauxAffablyEvil façade has finally disintegrated.

* FauxAffablyEvil: TonyBlair, in all of his many appearances.

* LargeHam: Notably, BorisJohnson, though he's far from alone. See WorldOfHam.

* LoveTriangle: Between TonyBlair, GordonBrown and PeterMandelson in ''Brothers In Arms.''

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: '[[GordonBrown Jock]]' in ''Oh, Oh, Oh What A Lovely Blair.''

* UpperClassTwit: Any given aristocrat and almost every Tory, especially DavidCameron.
* VerbalTic: TonyBlair's famous "Hey," "Y'know," "Come on," "Look guys," more often evolving into something like "I mean hey, come on, you know, guys, look..."
** In ''We're All Going On An Olympic Odyssey,'' BorisJohnson starts most 'b' words with a blustering stutter ("B-B-B-Boris always b-b-b-bounces b-b-b-back!"). But in ''Blue Brothers'' he throws extra 'b's at the start of any old word for emphasis. ("We're about to become b-b-b-Tory [=MPs=].")

* WeUsedToBeFriends: TonyBlair and GordonBrown towards the end of ''Brothers In Arms.''

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: ''A Christmas Gordon.'' In which stingy Ebenezer Brown is visited by the ghosts of Prime Minister [[MargaretThatcher Past,]] [[TonyBlair Present]] and [[DavidCameron Future.]]

And the chorus [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong strongly resembles]] ''Mr Tambourine Man'' as performed by The Birds\\

* GeorgeWBush
* DavidCameron
* NickClegg
* BillClinton
* HillaryRodhamClinton

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Ed Miliband in ''Miliband Of Brothers.''

* BigBrotherBully: David Miliband in ''Miliband Of Brothers.''

* PlanetOfSteves: The five Eds in ''Miliband Of Brothers.''

* SiblingRivalry: The Milibands in ''Miliband Of Brothers.''

* BitingTheHandHumour: Besides being rife with SelfDeprecation, the mockumentary episode took several shots at Radio 4.

* EvilLaugh: TonyBlair gives a very [[LargeHam hammy]] one following his victory in ''Brothers In Arms,'' made all the more chilling because his FauxAffablyEvil façade has finally disintegrated.

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: ''Simon Smug And The Crap Factory.'' In which SimonCowell shows winners of his Golden (Meal) Ticket competition around his factory, populated by a chorus of Oozer Losers.

* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: ''Simon Smug And The Crap Factory''

* OffToSeeTheWizard: ''When You Wish Upon A Car''

* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: ''A Christmas Gordon''

* BeYourself: The SpoofAesop of ''My Foul Mouthed Lady.'' [[{{Anvilicious}} Comically unsubtle to the extreme]] - it's literally the refrain of the big, loud musical finale.