Revealed: Details of Armando Iannucci's latest comedy

It's been a while coming, but Armando Iannucci's new TV series is almost upon us and it sounds to us like it has more than a touch of The Day Today headlines about its surreal style.

Time Trumpet is a spoof clip show in which celebrity talking heads reminisce about events of the past decades. So far, so I Love The Eighties.

But the twist is that the show's set in 2031, looking back at events that have yet to happen.

This is the programme description the BBC Press office is giving out:

'The year is 2031. It's an era of unparalleled progress (apart from the two billion people wiped out by flooding). Meat is used as a source of energy and special airlines even allow animals to migrate comfortably by commercial flight.

'In Honey, I Shrunk Martha Kearney (a revamped Newsnight), Jeremy Paxman interviews Martha Kearney, now a third of her normal height; Anne Robinson becomes a role model for children as CBBC launches Spicy Slicey, a children's plastic surgery show; and Camilla Parker Bowles turns out to have been Channel 4 prankster Justin Lee Collins all the time.

'A sprightly 67-year-old Armando Iannucci also talks to much, much older versions of Seb Coe, Charlotte Church, Ant and Dec, June Sarpong, Bob Geldof, Jamie Oliver, David Beckham, Anne Robinson, David Cameron and many more wrinkled but still familiar faces, who contribute their views on past events.'

Clips have appeared at: www.timetrumpet.co.uk

The show will air on BBC Two in the week of 29 July (schedules TBC).