out live public executions—death by gunging for bureaucrats—while the audience fires pistols and Cheggers sticks heads on poles", or run for the "house party". Fellow Guardian writer Lucy Mangan jokingly described the programme as practicing a religion that "harnesses the intercessionary powers of celebrities to encourage community spirit and the charitable impulse", where "thou must declare every third-hand snippet of news about bureaucratic snafu as incontrovertible evidence of Bonkers Britain", and "corrupt and pervert every pure and humane impulse thou—or thou's research team—comes across by the addition of puking sentimentality and the meaningless benedictions of Nell McAndrew." References 2008 British television series debuts 2009 British television series endings Sky UK original programming Television series by ITV Studios