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Comic Strip Presents | The Hunt for Tony Blair

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    Comic Strip Presents | The Hunt for Tony Blair


    I've only seen a trailer of this so far, but it looks like a good piece of political satire and a great cast.

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    Comic Strip Presents... - 4oD - Channel 4

    The Comic Strip team return for a special 50s-style 'fugitive' film noir spoof.

    The 60-minute film, penned by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, follows Prime Minister Tony Blair (Stephen Mangan), wanted for murder and on the run. Escaping from Number 10 and leaving behind his adoring wife Cherie (Catherine Shepherd), Tony vows to clear his name no matter what the consequences.

    But on a foggy London night, Tony has few friends willing to harbour a wanted man. With front pages demanding his capture, Blair has no choice but to go on the run, with Inspector Hutton (Robbie Coltrane) and his sidekick (James Buckley) hot on his trail. The chase unfolds thanks to evidence gleaned from his 'allies' Mandelson (Nigel Planer) and Brown (Ford Kiernan), as well as an unlikely encounter with Margaret Thatcher (Jennifer Saunders, channelling Bette Davies in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?).

    Surely Tony's an innocent man, pursued for a crime he didn't commit?

    The cast also includes Harry Enfield as Alastair Campbell, Rik Mayall as Professor Predictor, Morgana Robinson as Carole Caplin, John Sessions as Thatcher's butler and Ross Noble as an 'old Labour' tramp.
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    Re: Comic Strip Presents | The Hunt for Tony Blair

    I liked Mendleson as "The Third Man". Good find CD

    Those of you lucky enough to live in the UK may find in on C4 website Channel 4 - 4oD
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    Re: Comic Strip Presents | The Hunt for Tony Blair

    I loved all the old comic strip stuff, Mr Jolly lives next door, a fist full of travelers cheques...... great stuff.

    looking forward to this one, cheers for the heads up CD.
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