Ministry of Defence duo Jolyon Rubenstein and Heydon Prowse dupe high profile politician into believing fake drug delivery app

Ministry of Defence duo Jolyon Rubenstein and Heydon Prowse dupe high profile politician into believing fake drug delivery app

Ministry of Justice airs tonight at 11.05pm on Channel 4 (Picture: Channel 4) Jolyon Rubenstein and..

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Ministry of Justice airs tonight at 11.05pm on Channel 4 (Picture: Channel 4)

Jolyon Rubenstein and Heydon Prowse, the inspired hidden camera artists behind the satirical series The Revolution Will Be Televised, return tonight to dupe more high profile politicians and corporations with a fake drug delivery service in Ministry of Justice.

In the first of three episodes on Channel 4, Jolyon and Heydon set up the UKs first ever Designated Mugging Zone and roped in delivery drivers for their new app, Instant Gram, which actually goes down unnervingly well with the general public.

Their previous victims have included Tony Blair, Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron – tonight its criminals. And a former cabinet minister thrown in for good measure.

Though, both admit their work would likely be impossible if they couldnt reap the rewards from their white male privilege.

We racially profiled ourselves and realised that white collar criminals and those who work in the arms trade unsurprisingly look exactly like us, so we thought we could use that, Heydon told Metro.co.uk in an exclusive chat.

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We like to use our white male privilege in an unusual unorthodox way, because, lets face it, if I was called Mohammad I wouldnt be able to do what we do.

Jolyon and Heydon set up a fake drug delivery service called Instant Gram (Picture: Channel 4)

And theyre probably right. Without giving too much away, tonights instalment sees Heydon managing to smuggle fake drugs into a government building, after traces of crystal meth were discovered at the Home Office.

If you speak to people and youre dressed a certain way they just go, “Oh, alright,” he added.

As they put it, Jolyon and Heydon are standing on the shoulders of Brass Eye and The 11oclock show, exposing the absurd lunacies of the establishment in a suitably absurd fashion.

I think what weve done very proudly is repackaged the news of fantastic investigative journalism, Jolyon explained. British people are very cynical – if you tell a British person something they probably wont listen, but if you make them laugh they just might. Laughter is sort of a spoonful of sugar to let the medicine go down.

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Its not a new format, which is why its so extraordinary to have two very high profile politicians – whose identity will be revealed tonight – fall for an app designed to deliver drugs safely to houses up and down the country.

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They have no idea at all, said Heydon. They genuinely have no idea. Its amazing to me. Its funny how out of touch MPs are that they dont smell a rat. Years after Brass Eye did the same thing to politicians, people are still looking at that video and thinking, “That is outrageous!”

But it gets worse.

In a later episode there is literally a president of a country who completely goes for what were selling, Jolyon, proudly chipped in. Theres something thats about to come out, youve seen the first show you wait until what comes up in the next two.

To see which former cabinet minister becomes the latest target of Jolyon and Heydon tune in to Ministry of Defence on Channel 4 tonight.

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