Este drama narra las rivalidades políticas y el romance de la reina Isabel II, así como los sucesos que moldearon la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
Basado en las noticias de la semana y presentado por los anfitriones invitados, esta versión extendida del cuestionario satírico de noticias presenta más de las cosas que no encajarían en el programa regular.
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
Imágenes históricas coloreadas en orden ascendente de la Primera Guerra Mundial. No sólo las relativamente conocidas batallas de Flandes y Francia, sino también el generalmente desconocido italiano-austriaco, alemán-polaco-ruso, japonés-alemán, el Imperio Otomano-aliado y las colonias alemanas africanas, y otros frentes y batallas desconocidos o olvidados. La producción francesa original se vuelve a contar en inglés para el canal de National Geographic como: Primera Guerra Mundial: El Apocalipsis
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.
GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael Murray, the Militant tendency-supporting Labour leader of a city council in the North of England and Jim Nelson, the headmaster of a school for disturbed children.
The series was controversial partly because Murray appeared to be based on Derek Hatton, former Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council — in an interview in the G.B.H. DVD Bleasdale recounts an accidental meeting with Hatton before the series, who indicates that he has caught wind of Bleasdale's intentions but does not mind as long as the actor playing him is "handsome".
In normal parlance, the initials "GBH" refer to the criminal charge of grievous bodily harm - however, the actual intent of the letters is that it is supposed to stand for Great British Holiday.
The lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the duke's death in 1722.
En la segunda entrega de esta sátira política, Francis Urquhart ha conseguido convertirse en Primer Ministro aplastando cualquier oposición de importancia. Todos los que conocen sus crímenes están de su lado o muertos. Pero su lugar en la cumbre se ve amenazado por un nuevo monarca de ideas liberales... y por los esqueletos que guarda en el armario.
Tras la caída de Margaret Thatcher, los que ambicionan su puesto como líder de los conservadores ingleses (tories) se enfrentan entre sí como buitres. Francis Urquhart, es el jefe de organización de los Tories, la persona encargada de dirigir a los parlamentarios para que sigan la línea del partido. Es un personaje poderoso que se mueve entre bambalinas y que ejerce su poder desde la sombra, es el prototipo del inglés de clase alta: educado, tradicionalista y clasista hasta la médula.
Sir Oswald Mosley was a man who should have ranked with the heroes of the century... Instead his personal life and public career ended in disgrace and Mosley is now remembered as the leader of a dictatorial populist movement in the decade before WWII.
A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.
Politician Peter Laurence's private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down. Can he out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?
In a televised version of the popular podcast, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason, and guests chat about the stories behind the news.
Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV from 1984 to 1996. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Awards, including one for editing in 1989, and even won two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category.
The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities famous during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family. The Series was the first to caricature the Queen mother.
The Politician's Wife is a British television political drama written by Paula Milne, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1995 and starring Trevor Eve and Juliet Stevenson.
The story centres around high-flying politician Duncan Matlock, Families Minister for the UK Government, who becomes embroiled in tabloid scandal as it is discovered that he has been having an affair with a former escort turned parliamentary researcher. Duncan's wife Flora becomes the focus of media attention as her reactions to the revelations are played out. Initially she plays out the part of the loyal wife, but as an aide of her husband feeds her details about the affair and various other political scandals that could be made to happen. She begins to sabotage her husband's integrity and reputation through a campaign of leaks and misinformation to the press and British Conservative Party stalwarts. After a series of increasingly sensational and damaging stories in the press, her husband is forced to resign in humiliation. The last episode closes with the results of the by-election being announced on TV. Flora Matlock wins with the support of her party whilst her husband is exiled to a minor post in Belgium.
Party Animals presents Westminster from the ground up – the young researchers and advisors shouldering huge responsibility in a frantic, high-stakes world. It's no wonder their personal lives are so messy. Sons of an ex-Labour MP, Scott and Danny Foster have politics in their blood.
A 1994 war television miniseries which portrays Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin as they maneuver their countries through several of the major events of World War II - such events include the Blitz, Operation Barbarossa, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the North African Campaign, the Allied invasion of Italy, and concluding with the Tehran Conference.