Miniseries
All seasons:
1
playwright:
Alan Plater
actor:
Ray McAnally
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Tim McInnerny
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Keith Allen
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Christine Kavanagh
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Clive Merrison
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region:
United Kingdom
season number: 1
number of episodes: 3
release date: 1988-06-18
IMDb: tt0094576
part of TV Series: A Very British Coup
Overview
Working-class, left-leaning Harry Perkins is elected PM. As he works to implement social change via democratic process, the conservatives and their allies quietly begin working to remove him. Perkins' goals include nuclear disarmament, the dissolution of newspaper monopolies, open government and the closure of all US military bases on UK soil. While many members of the govnerment oppose him, he finds some support in Home Secretary Joan Cook and key members of his staff.