Brace yourselves! The daddy of indie comedy is coming back to our screens to share skewed views of the world and generally make us all laugh our crotches damp. Yessir, Rob Newman is back with a show called The History of the World Backwards (BBC Four, Starting on October 30th, 10pm).

In The History of the World Backwards, the genius that is Rob Newman (of the brilliant Mary Whitehouse Experience) returns to the small screen with a unique perspective on historical events in this brand new series for the Beeb. Fusing comedy sketches, history, archive and music, it’s a time warp where the world moves in reverse, but time still flows forwards. This is history in reverse.

The first episode sees Nelson Mandela enter prison a sweet-natured Spice girls fan but emerge from long incarceration a terrorist bent on the armed overthrow of the state. From 2007 and through the 1990's there is a steady decline in I.T. jobs and from the 1990's to the 1970’s there is competition to have an even bigger computer than your neighbours. We also feel the pain of geneticists Watson and Crick as every day they get further away from understanding the secret workings of DNA.

In Brazil, the mop-topped Bororo and Kayapo people claim descent from Beatles tribute bands whose plane crash-landed on its way to a Beatles tribute band convention. In Britain, closure of the M6 and Gatwick airport in response to climate chaos, means an end to supermarkets. In this new economic climate, Dr Sigmund Freud diversifies the business, combining psychiatry with a Veg Box delivery scheme, with the slogan 'Tastes As Good As Mother's Milk'.

We're also introduced to Galileo, Kepler and the Duchess of Padua who are bent on solving the mysteries of salvage technology. We find them sifting through junk antique technology from our time, trying to work out its meaning. Galileo solves the riddle of the lean, mean, fat-reducing grilling machine. But Kepler keeps secret his re-discovery of how to make electricity, selfishly hoarding the illicit joy of being the first person for hundreds of years to dance to disco classic 'Ain't No Stopping us Now' by McFadden & Whitehead. This is history as you’ve never seen it before.