The final years of Macmillan's premiership were difficult ones, coinciding with the satire boom of the early 1960s, in which the revue Beyond the Fringe, the magazine Private Eye and the BBC television series That Was the Week That Was all tended to portray Macmillan as an aristocratic and rather doddery figure of fun (journalist Bernard Levin dubbed him "the walrus" after the character in Alice in Wonderland). The "Supermac" image tended to be replaced in the public mind by that of the grouse-moor: in other words, the sense of many that both Macmillan and the Conservative Party, which had been in power since 1951, were out of touch.
Macmillan's final years as Prime Minister were difficult, occurring during a period of widespread satire in the early 1960s. The satirical works "Beyond the Fringe," "Private Eye" magazine, and the BBC television program "That Was the Week That Was" frequently portrayed Macmillan as an aristocratic figure who was perceived as somewhat doddery. This image replaced the earlier perception of him as a charismatic leader ("Supermac").  The public began to view both Macmillan and the Conservative Party, which had been in power since 1951, as out of touch with ordinary people.