SHAKESPEARE

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

Transmission details

30 Sep 2006 at 20:00 (Channel: Channel Four)

Duration

60 mins

Credits

Director

Chris Fox; Steve Connelly

Producer

Geoff Atkinson

Writer

Geoff Atkinson; John Langdon; Rory Bremner

Cast

Rory Bremner	Peter Mandelson (Mark Antony)
John Bird
John Fortune

Additional Details

Production type

Other

Plays

Julius Caesar

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

politics; satire; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Blair, Tony; Brown, Gordon

Production Company

Name

Vera Productions

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
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Name

Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service

Email

services@bufvc.ac.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7393 1514

Fax

020 7393 1555

Address

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London
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