Episode 1
Satirical comedy set in and around the world of British politics. Newly appointed Minister for Social Affairs, Hugh Abbot, faces a policy crisis.
Satirical comedy series set behind the very closed doors of government.
The newly appointed Minister for Social Affairs, Hugh Abbot, is on his way to a secondary school in Wiltshire to announce the setting up of a 'Snooper Squad' and, in his own words, "plant his flag firmly on Richard and Judy's sofa". Unfortunately, he's ordered by Number Ten's communications supremo, Malcolm Tucker, to kill the policy stone dead. Hugh and his advisors have just forty minutes to come up with an extremely popular policy that costs nothing.
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- Thu 19 May 2005 22:30
- Thu 19 May 2005 23:45
- Fri 20 May 2005 01:45
- Sat 21 May 2005 22:45
- Sun 22 May 2005 02:15
- Mon 27 Jun 2005 22:00
- Sat 2 Jul 2005 00:20
- Fri 30 Sep 2005 23:05
- Sat 1 Oct 2005 03:10
- Fri 16 Dec 2005 23:50
- Mon 2 Jan 2006 22:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except East & Yorkshire
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