User:A Thousand Doors/Kilroy: Behind the Tan
| Kilroy: Behind the Tan | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Presented by | Emeka Onono |
| Opening theme | "In the Hall of the Mountain King" |
| Composer | Edvard Grieg |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Samantha Anstiss Fiona Stourton |
| Producers | Emeka Onono Leo Telling |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Three |
| Release | 31 January 2005 |
Kilroy: Behind the Tan' is a 2005 television documentary about the British politician and broadcaster Robert Kilroy-Silk, in the months following his election as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East Midlands in June 2004. It was produced and presented by Emeka Onono, who had previously worked with Kilroy-Silk on his chat show Kilroy. The documentary was produced by the BBC, and was first broadcast at 9 p.m. on 31 January 2005 on BBC Three, 11(?) days after Kilroy-Silk had unexpectedly resigned from UKIP. It was then repeated at 8:05 p.m. on BBC Two five days later, on 5 February.
Synopsis
[edit]Kilroy: Behind the Tan follows Kilroy-Silk from his arrival at the European Parliament onwards.[1]
During an appearance on Breakfast with Frost, presenter David Frost asks Kilroy-Silk if he would be a candidate for leader of UKIP, should the post become available, to which Kilroy-Silk replied that he would like to be, and that it would be "a tribute and an honour". The documentary also includes footage of Kilroy-Silk and his wife in their £1 million estate in Buckinghamshire, which had previously been owned by rock star Ozzy Osbourne.[2]
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/01_january/30/kilroy.shtml
- https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/feb/01/television.artsfeatures
- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-is-party-of-fascist-nutters-says-kilroy-silk-488832.html
- https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4224685.stm
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-335949/By-Gadd-Ruth-needs-halo.html
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1482345/Right-wing-fascist-nutters-Kilroy-Silk-turns-on-his-former-friends-in-Ukip-and-it-was-only-days-after-he-had-left-the-party.html
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1482397/News-in-brief.html
Reception
[edit]Critical reception
[edit]In the run-up to its broadcast on BBC Two, TV critic Charlie Brooker described Kilroy: Behind the Tan as being "well worth seeing" and some of its moments as "laugh-out-loud".[3] The Times included the BBC Two broadcast among their choices for television to watch that day.[1] In a summary of the 2005 United Kingdom general election, Louisa McLennan, also writing for The Times, branded Kilroy-Silk a "loser" for finishing fourth in the election for the constituency Erewash, and suggested that Kilroy: Behind the Tan may have contributed to this loss by portraying him in an unfavourable light.[4]
Ratings
[edit]The BBC Two broadcast of Kilroy: Behind the Tan gained one :million viewers and an audience share of 4%.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/television-february-saturday-5-djht55mxjn2
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/mar/02/1
- ^ Brooker, Charlie (5 February 2005). "Loose connections". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ McLennan, Louisa (6 May 2005). "Winners and losers". The Times. London. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) (subscription required) - ^ "8m see England lose to Wales". The Guardian. London. 7 February 2005. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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External links
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Category:2000s British documentary television series Category:2005 in British television Category:BBC television documentaries Category:English-language television shows