Absolute Power

2003 • BBC

5.0

4 reviews

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Season 2 episodes (6)

1 The Nation's Favourite

8/10/05

When a Saudi Arabian businessman offers public relations maestros Prentiss and McCabe vast amounts of money to help him buy British Airways, it seems an irresistible proposition - until they discover his name is Bin Laden.

2 The Trial

7/28/05

Charles Prentiss becomes the subject of spin after he invents an under-age sex scandal to promote a client's books and is put on trial for perjury. The trial becomes a cause célèbre of Jeffrey Archer-like proportions. Meanwhile, Alison is given new client Hugh Grant to look after.

3 Blood Bank

8/4/05

With Charles in prison, Martin is left in charge. His latest client is an artist who has the potential to win the Turner Prize, but claims he wants no part of the art world media circus. The team's challenge is to persuade him to enter and then ensure he wins - whatever the cost.

4 The House of Lords

8/25/05

The Government needs to be seen to be doing something radical about reforming the House of Lords so Charles's arch rival, Press secretary Colin Priestly, asks him to come up with a headline-grabbing strategy. However, Martin is also asked to sex up the House of Lords in a counter-campaign.

5 Spinning America

8/18/05

When hamburger sales start plummeting, together with other American imports, it appears there is a substantial post-Iraq backlash. Prentiss McCabe is called in to spin the unspinnable - to make the people of Britain fall in love with America again.

6 Identity Crisis

8/25/05

Nora Batty informs Alvin that he has volunteered to take some old-timers out for the day and he drags Clegg and Truly along for measure. Their problems start when they accidentally leave a gate open, giving free reign to a frisky octagenarian with an eye for the ladies.

About this show

Think 'Machiavellian' and you are about halfway to describing PR gurus Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe. This wily duo are masters of the dark art of repackaging white as black and together they run a PR company full of ambitious bright young things, willing to sell their souls to the devil if it makes their clients look good. On the media minefield where careers are saved and ruined, Charles and Martin rescue reputations, outwit newspaper editors, lie, cheat, manipulate, use and abuse: all in the name of the large fees their clients pay them. But will their duplicitous dealings return to haunt them? After all, what goes around, surely comes around?

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