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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.
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- 01
Identity CrisisThe staff of Prentiss MacCabe are worried their phones are being bugged. Charles and Martin have a meeting with their client, the home secretary. The government want to introduce the unpopular identity card and are in desperate need of a PR agency.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
History ManNovember 10, 2003—Prentiss McCabe client, Nigel Harting, is a celebrated presenter of television history programmes, who specialises in revealing sensational - S01E02
Pope IdolNovember 17, 2003—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 s - S01E03
Tory WomanNovember 24, 2003—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 "" - S01E04
Mr. FoxDecember 1, 2003—When Health Secretary Simon Wellington wins an injunction preventing newspapers from reporting an incident on Hampstead Heath in which he wa - S01E05
Country LifeDecember 8, 2003—Successful novelist Roddy Growse orchestrates the appointment of Prentiss McCabe to represent The Real Country Union, a pressure group that - S01E06
Crash and BurnDecember 15, 2003—A hugely lucrative golden handcuff deal is jeopardised when one of Charles' most successful clients, the stand-up comedian Alan Boardman, is
Season02
- S02E01Identity CrisisJuly 21, 2005The staff of Prentiss MacCabe are worried their phones are being bugged. Charles and Martin have a meeting with their client, the home secre
- S02E02
The TrialJuly 28, 2005—Poor Charles finds himself in the dock, after one of Prentis MaCabe's old clients has a fit of conscience and decides to do the worst thing - S02E03
Blood BankAugust 4, 2005—The team at Prentis McCabe assume thet Charles is in jail for another month, so they prepare to tackle their new client , Artist, Dean Wheel - S02E04
The Nation's FavouriteAugust 11, 2005—The firm of Prentiss McCabe are over the moon to hear that Jamie has got them a new Oil sheik client, who wants to buy British Airways. That - S02E05
Spinning AmericaAugust 18, 2005—American fast food sales are down and images of Ronald McDonald are being burned in the streets - could this be linked to Prentiss McCabe's - S02E06
The House of LordsAugust 25, 2005—Bugger the House of Lords""; ""Yes, that's exactly the PM's thinking."" The pace of reform in The House of Lords has slowed down, it's stil
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