Overview
Absolute Power casts a witty and acerbic eye on the machinations of PR gurus and does for the PR industry what Drop The Dead Donkey did for the newsroom. Prentiss and McCabe are an unscrupulous pair who run the blue chip PR agency Prentiss McCabe. Dealing with commercial as well as personal PR, their remit covers everything from political communications to celebrity media relations. Their manipulation skills are tested to the full as they frequently find that their work brings them into conflict with political parties, newspaper editors and celebrities.
| Original Air Dates: | — |
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| Country: | UK |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Network: | BBC Two |
| Watched by: | 2 643 1 007 872 |
| Total running time: | 6 hours |
| Episode duration: | |
| Episodes: | 12 |
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An incomparable series with a brilliant plot and a brilliant performance. The underbelly of the "fourth power". It is extremely relevant, bold, funny, ironic and apt about the PR kitchen, in which a special recipe will be accurately and professionally developed in accordance with the individual requests of a rich customer, so that they can quickly cook and feed this product to everyone else. As in any other kitchen that accepts orders, there are regular accidents, order changes and all sorts of overlays. It's very interesting and fun to watch, lots of funny situations, jokes and just good humor. Biting satire only adds to the edge.
With such a vivid plot, the overall cinematography recedes into the background, although it was shot and edited quite well. Well, Stephen Fry shines as always. It's just a pity that there are so few episodes and minutes...
Is this the end?
God...Why is there so little such charm!?