Absolute Power
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2003 - 2005
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Satire set amidst one of London's leading public relations firms and the exploits of its bosses, the amoral Charles Prentiss and worldly wise Martin McCabe. Stars Stephen Fry, John Bird, James Lance, Zoe Telford, Sally Bretton and more.
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Absolute Power - Complete Series 1 & 2
"Spin is dead, long live PR."
Stephen Fry and John Bird star in this BBC satire set in the cynical world of public relations - where truth is an optional extra and no job is too grubby, so long as it pays well...
A re-working of Mark Tavener's acclaimed Radio 4 comedy series, Absolute Power sees Fry and Bird as Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe - spinmeisters supreme who run their own top London PR consultancy.
Whether keeping celebrity clients in or out of the tabloids, saving MPs from political oblivion or sugar-coating unpopular government schemes, Prentiss approaches his campaigns with sophistry, cynicism and a withering sarcasm. Occasionally reined in by his older, world-wearier and less amoral partner, the Machiavelli of Prentiss McCabe presides over an office of youthful executives that include the bright but dangerously honest Alison - and Jamie, an equally devious Prentiss-in-waiting.
With punchy, sometimes controversial scripts and guest turns from Geoffrey Palmer, Rebecca Front, Tim Brooke-Taylor and John Sessions, this set comprises both acclaimed series.
First released: Monday 30th January 2017
DVD- Distributor: Network
- Region: 2
- Discs: 2
- Minutes: 336
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: 7954606
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