Absolute Power

Season 1

The inner workings of a successful PR firm - lying for a living.

Where to Watch Season 1

6 Episodes

  • History Man
    E1
    History ManPrentiss McCabe client Nigel Harting is a television presenter who specialises in revealing sensational facts. But newspaper editor Marcus Payne has discovered that Nigel plays fast and loose with his sources, and wants Charles to dig up some suitably tabloid compatible filth on him.
  • Pope Idol
    E2
    Pope IdolMartin 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 spin-doctoring itself. To show that they can make a good impression as well as making money, Prentiss McCabe takes p
  • Tory Woman
    E3
    Tory WomanHow does one go about re-launching a junior shadow spokeswoman who has been marginalised in the Tory party? She referred to her leader as ""pork bum"" and her last ditch attempt to stay in the mainstream of politics is to sponsor a 'Right To Retire' campaig
  • Mr. Fox
    E4
    Mr. FoxWhen Health Secretary Simon Wellington wins an injunction preventing newspapers from reporting an incident on Hampstead Heath in which he was allegedly mugged by two men, Charles agrees to help Wellington keep his job. But the survival strategy is threate
  • Country Life
    E5
    Country LifeSuccessful novelist Roddy Growse orchestrates the appointment of Prentiss McCabe to represent The Real Country Union, a pressure group that has decided to launch itself as a political party. The group is the brain child of Lord Harcourt who in Charles' ju
  • Crash and Burn
    E6
    Crash and BurnA hugely lucrative golden handcuff deal is jeopardised when one of Charles' clients, stand-up comedian Alan Boardman, is caught on CCTV camera beating up his girlfriend in the IKEA car park. The strategy Charles proposes is as unethical as it is shocking.

Cast of Season 1

  • John BirdMartin McCabe
  • Stephen FryCharles Prentiss
  • Geoffrey Palmer
  • Sally BrettonCat Durnford
  • Nicholas Burns
  • James Lance
  • Zoe Telford
  • Rebecca Front

 

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