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	Exit satirists pursued by a bear hug - Telegraph
		Mr Beaton is upset because he can't get a hook in to Cameron and do a hatchet job on him.
		Alistair, I think you have a serious problem, you only want to hear what you want to hear.
		Please, Mr Beaton, let's not pretend that your 'satire' is more than a means to earning a good living and getting on with the current politically establishment, just part of the whole spin industry, certainly scared of attacking any genuine targets.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/02/28/do2802.xml (1754 words)

	Alistair Beaton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alistair Beaton (born 1947) is a Scottish left wing political satirist, journalist, radio presenter, novelist and television writer.
		At one point in his career he was also a speechwriter for Gordon Brown.
		Born in Glasgow, Beaton was educated at the Universities of Edinburgh, Moscow and Bochum and graduated from Edinburgh University with First Class Honours in Russian and German.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alistair_Beaton (270 words)

	The World Today Archive - British election campaign predicted as one of the most boring
		ALISTAIR BEATON: Well as you know, no British politician would ever be dishonest or dishonourable, but it is thought that there was an agreement in a restaurant called 'The Greta Restaurant' a few years back.
		ALISTAIR BEATON: There's been an enormous revulsion about it actually and it could be that the spin-doctors are out of control.
		ALISTAIR BEATON: I think there's going to be an obsession with income tax, which is the great British obsession.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s294978.htm (999 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Features - The spitting image of a true satirist
		Green agenda: Alistair Beaton was once a contributor to Not the Nine O'Clock News, but there is now an environmental slant to his writing.
		Beaton's mid-1990s role as injector of the 'funnies' into Gordon Brown's speeches, while not a career highlight, doubtless gave him an insight into a political party he would later satirise and, post-Iraq, lose all faith in.
		Beaton has not yet decided on how he will mark the G8 Summit: "One must not be discouraged.
	news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=702602005 (1248 words)

	The World Today Archive - Punch creates interest in British election
		ALISTAIR BEATON: I think that John Prescott was absolutely right to bash this guy in the face.
		MATT PEACOCK: But, says Alistair Beaton, the masters of spin are not too displeased by their working class hero's punchy politics.
		ALISTAIR BEATON: The clause about nationalisation in the Labour Party Constitution, Clause 4, was dumped in 1994 by the Party.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/stories/s299115.htm (577 words)

	Camden New Journal - Features: Alistair Beaton
		Tufnell Park’s Alistair Beaton – a former-speechwriter for Gordon Brown, Spitting Image scriptwriter and more recently behind the Trial of Tony Blair and A Very Social Secretary for Channel 4 – asks that question in a new comedy at the Hampstead Theatre.
		Beaton’s two recent films A Very Social Secretary – about David Blunkett – and The Trial of Tony Blair, which aired in January – have earned him national acclaim.
		Beaton, who described Spitting Image as a “vicious satire” with “mallet humour”, prefers the more intricate approach of the playwright.
	www.thecnj.co.uk /review/030107/feat030107_01.html (847 words)

	Camden New Journal
		Satirist Alistair Beaton tells Jane Wright why there must be a core of truth at the heart of all his comic assaults on the political elite
		Mr Beaton, who used to live Kentish Town – in Falkland Road, then Grafton Road – before coming to rest “round the corner from Holloway Prison” in Islington, reflects: “I like big themes and this book is rooted in environmental concerns.
		Mr Beaton was able to use his background for Feelgood, set at a British party conference, (a world he knows inside out as a radio commentator) as writers and spin masters agonise over last minute adjustments to the all-important speech of the PM.
	www.camdennewjournal.co.uk /archive/181104/r181104_01.htm (889 words)

	alistair_beaton.asp (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alistair Beaton is author of the hit satire Feelgood, which won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy in 2001 as well as an Olivier Award nomination.
		Alistair Beaton is author of the best-selling Little Book Of Complete Bollocks, Little Book Of Management Bollocks, and Little Book Of New Labour Bollocks.
		Alistair Beaton studied at the universities of Edinburgh, Moscow and Bochum, graduating from Edinburgh University with First Class Hons.
	www.hampsteadtheatre.com /productions/alistair_beaton.asp (321 words)

	Observer \| New Labour, new satire
		Alistair Beaton, the writer of A Very Social Secretary, which Channel 4 will broadcast to launch its new channel, More4, in a fortnight's time, has form in this respect.
		Alistair Beaton is suitably unrepentant about the minister's sensitivities: 'I didn't write it to make him happy,' he says.
		Alistair Beaton, who also followed Blunkett for a while, though without him knowing it - stalking him in the front row at a seminar, standing next to him while he ate his sandwiches - thinks this is where the tragedy of his piece lies.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5299174-102281,00.html (1456 words)

	Beaton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alistair Beaton (born 1947), Scottish political satirist, novelist and television writer
		James Beaton (1473-1539) and James Beaton II, Archbishops of Glasgow
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beaton (102 words)

	Socialist Review
		Alistair Beaton explained to me that he and his family were drawn into the protests against the war.
		But Alistair Beaton also gives us Robert Fisk's account of the bombed town of Hillah and we hear the desperate plea from an Iraqi doctor who has to treat the terrible wounds.
		Speaking to me about the show Alistair Beaton said, 'I want to give heart to the people who worked out of cramped offices for damn-all money and slogged the streets in protest.
	www.socialistreview.org.uk /article.php?articlenumber=8899 (570 words)

	Topical Take - King - The Musical (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On his last first night, Beaton stood on the Palladium balcony waving to the crowds like King Zog of Albania: the show in question was Ziegfeld, which shortly after opening lost its star and director, while most of Beaton and Ned Sherrin's book was dumped or rewritten by distinguished men of letters like Tommy Steele.
		The show then had a second first night, to which Beaton wasn't invited, though he did 'phone me afterwards to check whether he was still mentioned in the programme. 'I suppose you could say I'm the biter rather than the bitten this time.
		There's a long pause before Beaton replies: 'She's written some beautiful ballads.' Blackford regrets her 'unavailability' but insists that 'in the crucial rehearsal period, you can't write lyrics by fax and phone.
	www.steynonline.com /pageprint.cfm?edit_id=68 (2473 words)

	Forestillinger 2003
		Stykket er oprindeligt engelsk og hedder "Feelgood" og er skrevet af Alistair Beaton.
		Som lidt ekstra krymmel på toppen af en helt fantastisk aften, kom teaterdirektør Per Pallesen på scenen da stykket var slut, for at fortælle at Alistair Beaton var tilstede for at se forestillingen.
		Alistair Beaton blev bedt til scenen hvor han modtog en flaske god dansk snaps, og kvitterede med en lille tale.
	fores2003.martinsb.dk (553 words)

	Feelgood, a CurtainUp review
		Set in a Brighton/Blackpool hotel suite, the makeshift party headquarters for the annual Labour Party conference on the eve of the Prime Minister's speech to the "party faithful", the image makers are fine tuning his speech.
		Whilst much of the first act of Beaton's play consists of jokes with words being fomed as the political clichés of the future, the second act shows an altogether darker and more sinister side.
		Alistair Beaton, whilst not having written many plays, has had sound experience writing for television satire which is much in evidence here.
	www.curtainup.com /feelgood.html (862 words)

	Follow My Leader, a CurtainUp London review
		In fact it is a series of sketches, songs (co-written by Beaton and Richard Blackford) and stand-up routines whose sole purpose is to ridicule the latter career of Prime Minister Tony Blair and his unblinking support for George Bush.
		And yet this is exactly what Beaton himself does to his targets in a number of caricatures - not just Bush and Blair, but his obese jingoistic tourist, his Guantanamo guards and his xenophobic tabloid readers.
		Beaton was presumably working against the clock of actual events, always a risky business and more suited to the short piece than the long one so don't go to the Hampstead Theatre expecting enlightenment on these complex issues.
	www.curtainup.com /followmyleader.html (910 words)

	Blunkett coverage - [Sunday Herald] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Written by Alistair Beaton, whose West End hit Feelgood tackled the subject of New Labour spin, A Very Social Secretary follows the affair between David Blunkett and Kimberly Quinn from 2001 through to its unravelling in 2004, with a coda describing his post-election rehabilitation.
		In the end docudrama is infotainment, though “with a point and a purpose”, as Alistair Beaton describes his account of a Labour minister’s attraction for the wealthy, American publisher of Britain’s leading right-wing weekly.
		Beaton regards Blunkett as in many ways “a very remarkable man, a very admirable talent”.
	www.sundayherald.com /52162 (1684 words)

	Telegraph \| Opinion \| You're joking if you think this is satire
		Alistair was always a terrible old Leftie but I don't remember him as such a panderer.
		In the new movie Looney Tunes: Back In Action, Porky Pig sits in the Warner Bros commissary complaining that he's been told to lose the stutter: "It's not easy b-b-b-being p-p-p-politically correct." Maybe for the UK DVD release it would be easier just to lose the pig.
		Perhaps in a year or two's time, Alistair Beaton will be living high off the hog bringing home the bacon because he got the gig to write the replacement scenes for the more multiculturally acceptable Mustapha Mongoose.
	www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/04/06/do0602.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2004/04/06/ixopinion.html (1020 words)

	FEELGOOD (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alistair Beaton's "Feelgood" is a strange play, looked at differently on either side of the Atlantic Ocean.
		For those who hate politics, "Feelgood" will confirm all of their suspicions about what goes on behind closed doors, although my experience is that Beaton's script skips most of the drinking and sex which interferes with politics.
		Beaton didn't and you should be there to see him hit.
	www.onlinebuffalo.com /html/feelgood.html (676 words)

	London theatre play Feelgood on stage in London's West End Garrick theater - ticket buying and theater guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alistair Beaton's many writing credits include Spitting Image, Not The Nine O'Clock News and The Ratepayers' Iolanthe (Olivier Award for Best Musical, co-written with Ned Sherrin).
		Some of its most adorable jokes have nothing to do with politics; Beaton's use of a recliner, of a hotel bathroom, and of sustained interruptions are object-lessons in classic comedy...
		"Brilliantly timed to coincide with the run-up to the general election, Alistair Beaton's cracking satirical comedy about the absurdity - and the ruthlessness - of New Labour has transferred from Hampstead to the West End.
	www.albemarle-london.com /feelgood.html (751 words)

	King Of Hearts: A Royal Satire by Alastair Beaton
		That’s the pretext of Alistair Beaton’s play, King Of Hearts, which sees a fictional Prince Richard (Righton) fall for Nasreen (Ahmadi), a lowly community aid worker.
		Of course the political fall out is almost as immense as the political gain, which both Prime Minister Nick (Salinger), an obsequious toad to rival even the slimy nature of Mister Blair, and opposition leader, Stephen (Rawl), a yes man of true-blue invisibility, take full advantage.
		Beaton has created a fast paced show, with performances delivered with slick – and often difficult – dialogue by an excellent cast.
	www.chrishigh.com /reviews/theatre/king_of_hearts_review_liverpool.htm (557 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Little Book of Management Bollocks: Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Read this book and you will be transformed overnight into a successful modern manager, capable of talking authentic management bollocks at any hour of the day or night, because, let's face it, talking bollocks is what modern management is all about.
		Beatons book is all you'll ever need for any entry-level management positions.
		Beaton has some stunning insights in the BLACK ART of management that are rarely communicated so well.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0743404130 (695 words)

	The British Theatre Guide : Reviews - Follow My Leader (Hampstead Theatre)
		For the next two and a half hours, Beaton trots out comic sketches together with songs with his own lyrics and music from Richard Blackford, played on the piano by Warren Wills.
		Eventually, Alistair Beaton ships in scenes such as a series of xenophobic jokes from The Sun or Blair swearing that bear no relationship to the overall story of two men's relationship and the wars that it causes.
		Those who love Alistair Beaton's television work and enjoy political satire containing great impressions and some bouncy songs will be screaming with joy at the end.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /reviews/followmyleader-rev.htm (517 words)

	IS THIS BRITAIN'S GREATEST LIVING SATIRIST? Yesterday, award-winning playwright Alistair Beaton unveiled his latest ...
		From its unelected advisers to its unseemly sex scandals, New Labour has provided a rich vein of material for Alistair Beaton, who commands a reputation as one of television's most powerful political satirists.
		But now Beaton is preparing to tackle the man at the centre of it all.
		It is only recently that Beaton has been popularly acclaimed as one of television's finest talents, despite the critical plaudits heaped on his award-winning 2001 play Feelgood, a wry look at New Labour spin which...
	www.highbeam.com /doc/1G1-144078260.html (243 words)

	Review of Feelgood (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alistair Beaton's play about a New Labour spin-doctor is often big fun, but like the party it wants to be all things to all people
		Some of the time it tries to be a farce, with people walking into or out of the wrong door among the many in this room at a party conference hotel, and Henry Goodman's spinmeister engaging in a series of clownish nervous tics.
		It puts specific, real figures — not the sort-of Tony Blair, sort-of Geoffrey Robinson and sort-of Alistair Campbell of this play — in real or at least plausible situations — not the cartoonish plot here: genetically modified hops grown in secret trials are accidentally used to make beer which makes men grow breasts.
	www.cix.co.uk /~shutters/reviews/01143.htm (173 words)

	Alistair Beaton
		ALISTAIR BEATON hosts a satirical comedy discussion programme recorded at Ronnie Scott's in London's Soho....
		...In five programmes throughout the week ALISTAIR BEATON gets a sneak preview of what is really in the Millennium Dome and takes an irreverent look at what we are supposed to be celebrating at Greenwich....
		...Contemporary writer and satirist ALISTAIR BEATON explains his admiration for Juvenal and how many of the morally questionable ideas of 2nd century Rome are still relevant to 21st century Britain....
	www.radiolistings.co.uk /candc/beaton_alistair.html (107 words)

	Out of Joint - press reviews: KING OF HEARTS by Alistair Beaton
		“Farcical-radical-topical-hysterical — Alistair Beaton’s new play is political satire at its best, poisonously funny, a brilliant distorting mirror held up to our nature Beaton has a crazed but realistic imagination, an awesome talent for the killer joke, and a finger firmly attached to the pulse of the nation.
		Beaton is a talented humorist, touching on important topics Belly laughs, a sharp production and strong performances throughout”
		Like Beaton’s splendidly satirical Feelgood, King of Hearts is at it’s best when it’s dealing with the manipulations that occer out of the public gaze.
	www.outofjoint.co.uk /prods/reviews_kingofhearts.html (542 words)

	The British Theatre Guide : Reviews - Feelgood (Nottingham Playhouse)
		Alistair Beaton is one of the leading exponents of the genre.
		He wrote for the barrier-removing television series Not The Nine O'Clock News and Spitting Image and his most recent work Follow My Leader, which poses awkward questions about Britain's role in the war on terror, is currently playing in Hampstead.
		Beaton's even updated it to include a few topical references.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /reviews/feelgood-rev.htm (734 words)

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