7.0
Absolute Power (2003)
7.6 2 seasons 12 episodes Ended
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.
Seasons & episodes
E1History ManNov 10, 2003 · 30m
Prentiss McCabe client, Nigel Harting, is a celebrated presenter of television history programmes, who specialises in revealing sensational…
E2Pope IdolNov 17, 2003 · 30m
Martin and Jamie sense that the world of PR is changing. The profession has developed such a bad reputation that it could do with a bit of…
E3Tory WomanNov 24, 2003 · 30m
How does one go about re-launching a junior shadow spokeswoman who has been marginalised in the Tory party? She referred to her leader as "…
E4Mr. FoxDec 1, 2003 · 30m
When Health Secretary Simon Wellington wins an injunction preventing newspapers from reporting an incident on Hampstead Heath in which he w…
E5Country LifeDec 8, 2003 · 30m
Successful novelist Roddy Growse orchestrates the appointment of Prentiss McCabe to represent The Real Country Union, a pressure group that…
E6Crash and BurnDec 15, 2003 · 30m
A hugely lucrative golden handcuff deal is jeopardised when one of Charles' most successful clients, the stand-up comedian Alan Boardman, i…
Cast
John BirdMartin McCabe
Stephen FryCharles Prentiss
Geoffrey Palmer
Sally BrettonCat Durnford
Nicholas Burns
James Lance
Zoe Telford
