When considering politics on television most people think first of political reporting on the news, and in the UK we have some of the finest, most independent and most trustworthy political reporting in the world. News bulletins provide the political headlines and are further supported by analysis and debate on shows such as Question Time, Daily Politics and The Politics Show. We can even get direct, real-time access to the political process through the BBC Parliament channel.
Not only are political developments reported on the television, they are also interpreted, often satirically. Ian Hislop and Paul Merton have been taking a swipe at politicians on Have I Got News For You since 1990. In the 1980s Not The Nine O’Clock News and Spitting Image broke new ground for political satire. In more recent years the most high-profile political satire has probably come from the USA with John Stewart’s Daily Show and its spin-offs The Colbert Report and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
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