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A Very British Coup is a 1988 British political serial adapted from Chris Mullin's 1982 novel A Very British Coup in 1988 by screenwriter Alan Plater and director Mick Jackson. Starring Ray McAnally, the series was first screened on Channel 4 and won Bafta and Emmy awards, and was screened in more than 30 countries.
A Very British Coup: With Ray McAnally, Marjorie Yates, Geoffrey Beevers, Keith Allen. Disaster befalls the UK under a seemingly corrupt Conservative government. The Labour Party is elected - but committed to radical change, under a firmly left-wing leader. That's not supposed to happen.
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Based on the novel by Chris Mullin, this political thriller stars Ray McAnally as the newly elected left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins, who soon finds himself up to his neck...
A Very British Coup is a 1982 novel by British Labour politician Chris Mullin. The novel has twice been adapted for television; as A Very British Coup in 1988 and as Secret State in 2012.
- Chris Mullin
- 1982
When radical new PM Harry Perkins decides that the US bases and missiles must leave the country, the Americans decide it's time that he went instead. My List. Episodes 1 and 2. A Very British...
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- June 27, 2011
- January 1, 3000
A Very British Coup 1988 - Present 1 Season Drama List Reviews Harry Perkins, an ex-steel worker from Sheffield, is elected prime minister on a radical manifesto.
Based on the novel by Chris Mullin, this political thriller stars Ray McAnally as the newly elected left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins, who soon finds himself up to his neck...
