intended order, explaining why some running gags appear to build inconsistently. According to the audio commentary, the programme is set around 1980–1981. To reinforce the show's retro look, each episode's opening continuity announcement (typically narrated by Serafinowicz, who exaggerated the sound of his breathing and mouth movements to simulate the effect of the microphones used at that time) played over the three-dimensional BBC Two ident from 1979 to 1986. Unlike the first series, which is 16:9 widescreen, the second series is presented in 4:3 to emulate the television format used in the early '80s. Additionally, location footage was shot on 16mm film, of the type used for location filming at the time. Episode 1 features a Top of the Pops introduction complete with the real TOTP theme music from the early 1980s, Yellow Pearl by Phil Lynott. Features such as the song contest in the "Music 2000" episode also ground the series in the 1980s. Contestants showcase the futuristic songs they believe we could expect to hear in the far-off year 2000. Runners-up "Machadaynu", performed by Tony Rudd (played by Kevin Eldon) and Anthony Carmichael's "The Rapping Song" are beaten in the contest by Toni Baxter's track, "Sexual Interface". Unlike the first series, Series 2 contains dialogue between the four presenters and their guests, leaving behind both the narrated style of the first series and the anonymity given to the scientists. Serafinowicz plays Peter Packard, whilst Popper plays Jack Morgan, a character originally seen in series one as a musician performing the song "Little Mouse". There are also two additional presenters, Pam Bachelor and Maghti, played by Olivia Colman and Josie D'Arby respectively. Several running gags from the first series are reprised in Series 2, such as references to Imhotep (pictured, as in the 1st series, as a moai), bassoons, and the use of portmanteaux, in phrases such as "Thanks, ants. Thants," or as in the Music episode, "Thanks Tchaikovsky. Thankovsky." In the final episode, this word-play culminates with Packard addressing two security guards, both named Hank, with the phrase "Thanks, Hanks. Thanks." Another running joke centres on characters such as Synthesizer Patel in the "Music" episode and Computer Jones in the "Computers" episode, who like an item to such a degree that they've changed their names. Whereas the modules in Series 1 were distinct, there is a measure of continuity throughout the episodes of Series 2. Each week, inventors