Absolute Power(2003)
Comedy
First Air Date: 2003-11-10
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 7.6
Votes: 21
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 12
Stephen Fry and John Bird star as spin doctors Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe as they bring the popular and satirical Radio 4 comedy Absolute Power to BBC Two. Stephen as Prentiss and John as McCabe are an unscrupulous pair who run the blue chip PR agency Prentiss McCabe. Dealing with commercial as well as personal PR, their remit covers everything from political communications to celebrity media relations. Their manipulation skills are tested to the full as they frequently find that their work brings them into conflict with political parties, newspaper editors and celebrities.
Keywords
manipulationscandalmediapoliticsworkplacecelebritysatiresitcompolitical humorworkplace comedy
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
History Man
Air Date: 2003-11-10
Prentiss McCabe client, Nigel Harting, is a celebrated presenter of television history programmes, who specialises in...
E02
Pope Idol
Air Date: 2003-11-17
Martin and Jamie sense that the world of PR is changing. The profession has developed such a bad reputation that it c...
E03
Tory Woman
Air Date: 2003-11-24
How does one go about re-launching a junior shadow spokeswoman who has been marginalised in the Tory party? She refer...
E04
Mr. Fox
Air Date: 2003-12-01
When Health Secretary Simon Wellington wins an injunction preventing newspapers from reporting an incident on Hampste...
E05
Country Life
Air Date: 2003-12-08
Successful novelist Roddy Growse orchestrates the appointment of Prentiss McCabe to represent The Real Country Union,...
E06
Crash and Burn
Air Date: 2003-12-15
A hugely lucrative golden handcuff deal is jeopardised when one of Charles' most successful clients, the stand-up com...
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