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Oil and War
A stage show
by Robert Newman
Humorous and informative
Robert Newman gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last
hundred years - but rather than adhering to the history we were fed at
school, he places oil centre stage as the cause of all commotion.
This innovative history programme is based around Robert Newman's
stand-up act and supported by resourceful archive sequences and stills
with satirical impersonations of historical figures from Mayan priests
to Archduke Ferdinand.
Quirky details such as a bicycle powered street lamp on the stage
brings home the pertinent question of just how we are going to survive
when the world's oil supplies are finally exhausted.
