Bremner, Bird and Fortune on NHS (Channel 4 17.10.2004)

[@oldmacisback]

Two brilliant performers. And now, both gone. But always remembered. Simply because they told us the truth.

[@liammellor6405]

RIP John Bird. A brilliantly funny man.

[@chadderton]

Still painfully relevant today. RIP

[@rameshsnayar]

Brilliant! John Bird passed away yesterday. RIP. They will be missed.

[@petermainwaringsx]

Two of the pioneers of modern satire a. A generation which took on the establishment with TW3 in 1963 and are still relevant sixty years later. RIP John & John.

[@msmccarthy5617]

RIP John Bird, go hunt out, John Fortune, have an utter another lifetime, of making each other giggle . I loved you both immensely. You gave me, so much happy , when my life was very sad. Bless you both , I loved you both immensely. Thank you for your silly , needed it and I loved it . You kept me going , thank you xxx

[@markaluge]

This rang true 18 years ago and nothing seems to have changed!

[@bluecarefreeforever]

R.I.P. The Long Johns ❤️ Watch all their clips and you realise how relevant their satire is today! Brilliant minds. 🥰

[@robc6481]

One of the best performances from John Fortune. Absolutely superb. These two are/were legends.

[@tanyanightingale9105]

Perfect script and delivery. These two masters matched one another perfectly. PIP John Fortune and John Bird.

[@tommiatkins3443]

I worked in the NHS for thirty years. I recall wards being closed, a&e departments being shut down, streamlining the system, as we had to save six million pounds immediately. There was a massive CIP (cost improvement plan),. They closed my ward and sold it privately to save three hundred thousand. As I was then a ward manager without a ward, they dumped me into a imaginary job to liaise on a project to computerise patient records.

[@explorelondon3695]

R.I.P Mr Bird & Fortune. Pure geniuses ❤️❤️🙏

[@falfield]

They did their research - this satire was absolutely, UNCANNILY spot-on. NPfIT was just a big national shopping list of kit and vapour-ware, with no prior planning for how it would be got into use, and the implementation costs dumped on the poor saps running the local operations. And the big consultancy companies swooped in like vampires to a kill and interposed themselves between national and local, so neither knew what the f**k was going on. Which of course, didn't matter as long as the gravy kept flowing....

[@Malisane]

Loved their sketches, but it's a bit depressing looking back how accurate all this was.

[@tardx]

18 years old and yet oddly contemporary...

[@seamusoflatcap]

The big flaw with these interviews is that no politician would be as open and honest in their answers.

[@rafiqadarr6217]

I loved John Fortune, he was a legend. Such a shame he died. I always enjoyed watching Bremner Bird and Fortune whenever I could, and I loved Rory's impressions of Tony Blair (with those funny teeth he (Rory) used to put in to impersonate Blair!). I wish there were more quality programmes on television, like this.

[@flipper2392]

Two absolute geniuses, RIP satire.

[@brianbozo2447]

Miss these guys so much. Irreplaceable!

[@garyturner5739]

Sad to hear yesterday of John Bird's death. This was 5 star satire comedy.