Thatcher provided the show with its star turn, but her government’s policies were also influential in bringing the programme to air.
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Satire can skewer a pompous or corrupt politician. But history shows it can also popularise its targets.
Royals, politicians and pop stars were all fair game for this smash hit show of the 1980s and 1990s.
