Based on the novel by Chris Mullin, this political thriller stars Ray McAnally as the newly elected left-wing prime minister Harry Perkins, who soon finds himself up to his neck in conspiracy.
A Very British Coup: Season 1, Episode 1 Episode #1.1 (19 Jun. 1988)
A Very British Coup opens with the election of Perkins, an ex-steelworker from Sheffield, who becomes prime minister in a landslide victory on a manifesto committed to radical policies. But, the establishment is none too pleased with Perkins, and soon the world outside Number 10 - the media, the civil service, the armed services and particularly the Americans - set out to stop him in his tracks.
When he decides that the US bases and missiles must leave the country, the Americans decide it's time that Harry went instead.
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