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3 July 1988. ( 1988-07-03) 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.
- 19 June –, 3 July 1988
- John E. Keane
1982. Publisher. Hodder & Stoughton. Media type. Print. OCLC. 455822994. 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
- 1982
- Novel
Sep 24, 2015 · His radical policies include ridding the UK of American nuclear weapons. But Perkins falls victim to a vicious conspiracy of Whitehall mandarins, MI5, newspaper proprietors and the CIA. The hands...
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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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Aug 13, 2015 · This is the astonishingly prescient premise of A Very British Coup, a three-part drama broadcast on Channel 4 in 1988. Based on a novel by Labour backbench MP Chris Mullin and adapted by Alan...
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1. Sun, Jun 19, 1988. The Labour Party leader Harry Perkins, a working class, fervent socialist and former trade union leader becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 7.9/10 (27)
Overview. A Very British Coup is a British political thriller series based on the novel by Chris Mullin. It stars Ray McAnally as the newly elected left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins, who soon finds himself up to his neck in conspiracy. View More. Full Cast & Crew.
