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Mr White Goes To Westminster. Ben White (Bill Paterson). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions
Mr White Goes To Westminster

Mr White Goes To Westminster

  • TV comedy drama
  • Channel 4
  • 1997
  • 1 episode

Satire by Guy Jenkin, based on the election of former BBC war reporter and "man in the white suit", Martin Bell, to Parliament. Also features Bill Paterson, Samantha Bond, Robert Duncan, Celia Imrie, Dervla Kirwan and more.

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