Learning on ScreenBremner, Bird & Fortune [30/09/2006]
- Synopsis
- Political satire series led by impressionist Rory Bremner. Includes a sketch commenting on the Tony Blair/Gordon Brown power struggle. Rory Bremner, as European Trade Commissioner (and Blairite) Peter Mandelson, delivers a version of Mark Antony’s funeral oration speech (III, ii). Blair is the fallen Caesar, Gordon the treacherous Brutus ‘for Gordon is an honourable man’.
- Series
- Bremner, Bird & Fortune
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- politics; satire; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Blair, Tony; Brown, Gordon
Credits
- Director
- Chris Fox; Steve Connelly
- Producer
- Geoff Atkinson
- Writer
- Geoff Atkinson; John Langdon; Rory Bremner
- Cast
John Bird John Fortune Rory Bremner
Production Company
- Name
Vera Productions
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/offair External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7393 1514
- Fax
- 020 7393 1555
- Address
- For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ
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