Absolute Power (2003)

Name: Absolute Power
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8
Cast: John Bird, Stephen Fry, Geoffrey Palmer, Sally Bretton, Nicholas Burns

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (1,104 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

7.55 avg 6 episodes 6.8 → 7.7 28 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	History Man	6.8	33
2	Pope Idol	8.0	21
3	Tory Woman	7.4	21
4	Mr Fox	7.8	24
5	Country Life	7.6	20
6	Burn and Crash	7.7	21

Season 2 (2005)

7.63 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 8.0 28 min avg

Rebound

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Identity Crisis	7.8	20
2	The Trial	7.5	18
3	Blood Bank	6.9	18
4	The Nation's Favourite	7.2	21
5	Spinning America	8.4	19
6	The House of Lords	8.0	15

Absolute Power (2003)

Cast

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