Absolute Power

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  • COMEDY
  • 30m
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Remembering John Bird - star of this satirical take on the media world

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Series 2

1. Identity Crisis

The House of Lords is in need of reform, or at least a more contemporary image.

2. The Trial

Charles Prentiss becomes the subject of spin after he invents an under-age sex scandal to promote a client's books and is put on trial for perjury. The trial becomes a cause célèbre of Jeffrey Archer-like proportions.

3. Blood Bank

With Charles in prison, Martin is left in charge. His latest client is an artist who has the potential to win the Turner Prize, but claims he wants no part of the art world media circus.

4. The Nation's Favourite

When a Saudi Arabian businessman offers public relations maestros Prentiss and McCabe vast amounts of money to help him buy British Airways, it seems an irresistible proposition - until they discover his name is Bin Laden.

5. Spinning America

When hamburger sales start plummeting, together with other American imports, it appears there is a substantial post-Iraq backlash. Prentiss McCabe is called in to spin the unspinnable - to make the people of Britain fall in love with America again.

6. The House of Lords

The Government needs to be seen to be doing something radical about reforming the House of Lords so Charles's arch rival, Press secretary Colin Priestly, asks him to come up with a headline-grabbing strategy.