Directed by:
Mick JacksonScreenplay:
Alan PlaterCinematography:
Ernest VinczeComposer:
John E. KeanePlots(1)
The taut, powerful, all-too-plausible story about a democracy attacked from within. When plain-spoken, charismatic former steelworker Harry Perkins becomes prime minister in a landslide Labour Party victory, his socialist agenda horrifies the entrenched ruling class and the right-wing media. As Perkins presses ahead with plans to close down U.S. military bases, break up newspaper monopolies and dismantle British nuclear weapons, the establishment and its American allies conspire in a brutal back-room struggle to regain control. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Keith Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267667_b40d24.jpg)
Keith Allen
UK
Best movies:
The Best of Blur (2000) (video compilation)
Trainspotting (1996)
The Others (2001)
![Tim McInnerny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272622_fa824f.jpg)
Tim McInnerny
UK
Best movies:
Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Race (2016)
![Clive Merrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/156/158156431_8b8c99.jpg)
Clive Merrison
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Care (2000) (TV movie)
The English Patient (1996)
![Oliver Ford Davies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064348_ea5684.jpg)
Oliver Ford Davies
Best movies:
Hamlet (2009) (TV movie)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
![Kika Markham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/806/163806079_7ddbca.jpg)
Kika Markham
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Two English Girls (1971)
![Ray McAnally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886023_b05228.jpg)
Ray McAnally
Ireland
Best movies:
My Left Foot (1989)
The Mission (1986)
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
![Jim Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/422/162422071_f2d160.jpg)
Jim Carter
UK
Best movies:
Black Beauty (1994)
Cranford (2007) (series)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
![Shane Rimmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/509/161509528_1b217c.jpg)
Shane Rimmer
Canada
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Batman Begins (2005)
Gandhi (1982)
![Preston Lockwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088237_7631aa.jpg)
Preston Lockwood
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Bernard Kay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/447/160447015_798cd1.jpg)
Bernard Kay
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) (series)
Caroline John
UK
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Woman in Black (1989) (TV movie)
Gabrielle Daye
UK
Best movies:
10 Rillington Place (1971)
The Patricia Neal Story (1981) (TV movie)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
![Alan MacNaughtan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/377/161377810_3f6aea.jpg)
Alan MacNaughtan
UK
Best movies:
Family Life (1970)
Patton (1970)
Wives and Daughters (1999) (series)
Harmage Singh Kalirai
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Dalida (2016)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Julian Fox
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
![Roger Brierley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/462/161462145_02abc6.jpg)
Roger Brierley
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
George Rossi
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Singing Detective (1986) (series)
Roseanna's Grave (1997)
Robert Arden
UK
Best movies:
Stairway to Heaven (1946)
Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)
Ragtime (1981)
![Geoffrey Beevers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/179/162179038_b646d2.jpg)
Geoffrey Beevers
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)
Oscar Quitak
UK
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Brazil (1985)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)