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Episode 1

Absolute Power Series 1
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Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe are skint. Mark Tavener's political comedy starring Stephen Fry and John Bird. From 2000.

Having left the BBC, Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe embark on a new career as spin doctors in the world of government and media relations.

They’re visited by the Chairman of the Conservative Party, who offers to establish them on the road to solvency...

Mark Tavener's political comedy staring Stephen Fry and John Bird.

Charles Prentiss ...... Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe ...... John Bird

With:

Jeremy Clyde
Tony Gardner
Simon Greenall
Siobhan Hayes
Martin Hyder

Producer: Paul Schlesinger

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.

30 minutes

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Next Monday 22:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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