In the build-up to the 1972 US elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward investigated what seemed to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters, the editor of the Post was prepared to run with the story and assigned Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. Their painstaking research found the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party and, eventually, into the White House itself and led to the downfall of Nixon. An intelligent and exciting dramatic reconstruction.< find out more...

For those of you not in the know this is a brilliant satire on a bunch of totally cynical New Labour twats, incompetent elected officials and a bunch of muddling bureaucrats. Capaldi is superb, as the PM's foul mouthed attack dog enforcer (Alistair Campbell), as our politicians conspire with both hawks and doves in Washington in the fumbling build-up to a major war to grab oil in the Middle East. find out more...

State of Play is a classic conspiracy thriller that promotes the belief that New Labour has betrayed the longing for a new ethical politics, replacing the sleaze scandals of the Major years with more of the same. The script, the dialogue and the acting are all top drawer in this gripping, pacey, multi-layered tale of ambitious and talented young men tragically failing. find out more...

The story continues in this gripping conspiracy thriller. find out more...

The extraordinary life of Jean Dominique, an educated Haitian who ran Radio Haiti, which, by broadcasting the truth, provided the focus of opposition to various venomous and corrupt regimes, Papa Doc, Baby Doc, the US run military et al, across a period of over 30 years. Jean is a charismatic protagonist, his personal history colourful not only for his long, evidently satisfying career, his family and his similarly courageous and committed wife Michèle Montas, but for how it intersects with and find out more...

Film Noir from the Ealing funny man! Mackendrick's US debut is a rat-trap of a movie in which a vile NY gossip hustler (Tony Curtis) grovels for his 'Mr Big' (Burt Lancaster). Lancaster plays JJ Hunsecker, a monstrous, amoral and incestuous news columnist obsessed with wrecking his kid sister's romance. The dark streets stink of corruption and fear. Amoral and awesome with a great jazz soundtrack. find out more...

Imagine a brutal 'Office' type satire mixed with an up-dated 'Yes Minister' type setting. Armando Iannucci delivers as he carves a gleeful and expletive thick swathe through the corridors of power behind the claptrap of New Labour. Very, very funny and completely devoid of mercy, it's not hard to imagine that New Labour's PR department would prefer to catch the clap than be forced to sit through an episode… find out more...

Season 3 of Armando Iannucci's award-winning political comedy, probably Britain's funniest TV show.
Episode 1; the unheard of Nicola Murray gets to be a minister.
Episode 2; the immigration records of 170,672 people have been erased.
Episode 3; Nicola's struggling to finish her party conference piece.
Episode 4; the civil servants at DoSAC prepare for a visit from the shadow minister. find out more...

Season 3 of Armando Iannucci's award-winning political comedy, probably Britain's funniest TV show.
Episode 5; Murray and Mannion slug it out on Radio 5 Live.
Episode 6; with the PM away in Spain can Malcolm stop Nicola launching a coup!
Episode 7; Malcolm's on holiday - the cat's away!
Episode 8; the election looms - does Tucker have any friends left? find out more...