Audio Comedy – AP – S4 (2) – John Bird

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Episode 4
Absolute Power Series 4 Episode 4 of 4

The spin doctor venture is offered the chance to cross the pond together with help with the presidential campaign.

Charles can’t resist the challenge of spinning in the land of the dirty trick, but Martin decides to stay at house.

Could this be the end of a beautiful friendship?

Stephen Fry together with John Bird star in Mark Tavener’s biting satire.

Charles Prentiss together with Martin McCabe are spin masters in the world of government together with media relations.

Charles Prentiss …. Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe …. John Bird
Archie …. Alex Lowe
Clive …. Tom George
Alex …. Beth Chalmers

Music by Matthew Scott.

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2004.

Absolute Power (s04 e05) ‘Special’

A one-off special episode was broadcast on 3 November 2006, with Tony Gardner playing Archie. In the special, Martin goes to jail for seven years for fraud (having been implicated in the Cash for Peerages scandal). Archie, who has left New Labour, then blackmails Charles into giving him a job to prevent any more embarrassing information getting out about the company.

However, Charles soon learns that in fact Archie has framed both Martin together with himself, with the assistance of Martin’s girlfriend, together with they are planning to take over Prentiss McCabe. After Charles finds proof, Archie goes to jail together with Martin gets released, but as he has been moved to an open prison, he does not feel like leaving too soon.