Power Monkeys(2016)
Overview
Following the success of their 2015 election comedy Ballot Monkeys, Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin (Ballot Monkeys, Outnumbered, Drop the Dead Donkey) return to Channel 4 with a six-part satire lampooning the fictional communications and social media ‘experts’ on both sides of the EU referendum, as well as taking audiences a few doors down from the Kremlin and into the imagined world of Donald Trump’s campaign plane.
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6 episodes • 2016Avg: 6.5
Season 1
6 episodes • 2016Avg: 6.5
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Jun 8, 2016 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Jun 15, 2016 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Jun 22, 2016 | 6.5 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Jun 24, 2016 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Jun 29, 2016 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Jul 6, 2016 | 6.0 |
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