Digital Spy  Search Digital Spy  TV News  Rory Bremner: 'There
is a serious problem with TV satire'  Comedian Rory Bremner has
claimed that there is a "serious problem" with the lack of
political satire on British TV.  The impressionist, who appeared
on Channel 4 politics series Bremner, Bird and Fortune between
1999 and 2010, claimed that the lack of an engaging politics
show and the apathy from the public towards politicians was
worrying and "a great shame".  'Face The Clock': Rory Bremner  ©
Channel 4  "I think there is seriously a problem with satire at
the moment. There is a problem because the link between people
and politicians has eroded after the expenses scandal and lots
of other things," Bremner told Digital Spy.  "First there was
That Was The Week That Was, then we had Mike Yarwood doing Ted
Heath and Harold Wilson impressions, then there was Spitting
Image and then there was our show Bremner, Bird and Fortune.
"But the point about those was that we lampooned these
politicians in weekly shows, bu