Dead Ringers: Season 3 Episode 1

Studio Record: 9th May 2004
Broadcast: 10th May 2004
Venue: BBC TV Centre (Studio 6)
Cast: Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry, Kevin Connelly and Phil Cornwell
Producer: Gareth Edwards
Directors: Jonathan Gershfield/Patti Marr
New Characters: Dido, Piers Morgan, Lord Hutton, Dermot Murnaghan, Natasha Kaplinski, Hugh Fearnley- Whittingstall, Des Lynam, Kim Metcalf, Aggie McKenzie
Ratings for 1st Broadcast: 2.5 million. (rpt 0.6 mill)

Episode Notes:

How Clean is your house' was originally recorded for the Xmas and New Year specials, but held over because there was too much material.

The ‘Prescott bottom baring' incident in the Andrew Marr sketch caused much consternation amongst House of Commons security, and got the show a life-ban from recording on Parliament Green!

The producer went on ‘Points of View' because of complaints arising from this episode, chiefly because of the controversial George Bush and Hutton sketches (though there was praise for the show too).