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Kilroy: Behind the Tan' is a 2005 television documentary about the British politician and broadcaster Robert Kilroy-Silk, in the months following his election as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for East Midlands in June 2004. It was produced and presented by Emeka Onono, who had previously worked with Kilroy-Silk on his chat show Kilroy. The documentary was produced by the BBC, and was first broadcast at 9 p.m. on 31 January 2005 on BBC Three, 11(?) days after Kilroy-Silk had unexpectedly resigned from UKIP. It was then repeated at 8:05 p.m. on BBC Two five days later, on 5 February.

Synopsis
Kilroy: Behind the Tan follows Kilroy-Silk from his arrival at the European Parliament onwards.

During an appearance on Breakfast with Frost, presenter David Frost asks Kilroy-Silk if he would be a candidate for leader of UKIP, should the post become available, to which Kilroy-Silk replied that he would like to be, and that it would be "a tribute and an honour". The documentary also includes footage of Kilroy-Silk and his wife in their GB£1 million estate in Buckinghamshire, which had previously been owned by rock star Ozzy Osbourne.


 * https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/01_january/30/kilroy.shtml
 * https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/feb/01/television.artsfeatures
 * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-is-party-of-fascist-nutters-says-kilroy-silk-488832.html
 * https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4224685.stm
 * https://www.dailymail.co.uk/columnists/article-335949/By-Gadd-Ruth-needs-halo.html
 * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1482345/Right-wing-fascist-nutters-Kilroy-Silk-turns-on-his-former-friends-in-Ukip-and-it-was-only-days-after-he-had-left-the-party.html
 * https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1482397/News-in-brief.html

Critical reception
In the run-up to its broadcast on BBC Two, TV critic Charlie Brooker described Kilroy: Behind the Tan as being "well worth seeing" and some of its moments as "laugh-out-loud". The Times included the BBC Two broadcast among their choices for television to watch that day. In a summary of the 2005 United Kingdom general election, Louisa McLennan, also writing for The Times, branded Kilroy-Silk a "loser" for finishing fourth in the election for the constituency Erewash, and suggested that Kilroy: Behind the Tan may have contributed to this loss by portraying him in an unfavourable light.

Ratings
The BBC Two broadcast of Kilroy: Behind the Tan gained one&nbsp:million viewers and an audience share of 4%.