Seems to me we're missing half the point of the joke. The original posting was not just a satirical comment on fundamentalist terrorism. It was also a satirical comment on mainstream British TV, and its reliance on the recycling of a handful of tired old formulae.

Enough! Enough! … of the self-congratulatory mateyness of 'lowbrow' programmes and the patronising pomposity of 'highbrow' ones – of the frenetic but futile attempts to grab the gaze of a 'yoof' audience which only watches mainstream TV ironically, while intoxicated – of the cosy cardigan-and-carpet-slippers nostalgia piped out to pacify us oldies till we nod off in our armchairs … Enough, already!

(And yes, I know there are a few excellent programmes on the TV … but I'm talking here about the vast majority of mainstream, prime-time, mass audience stuff.)

So, why not give the Mullahs a channel of their own? The faithful can watch it devoutly, while the infidels watch it ironically. Double the audience ratings at a stroke - what about that for a marketing strategy?

Wassail! (Ironically)