THE DEAL (2008)
STEPHEN FREARS
Plot
The Deal, with David Morrissey as Gordon Brown and Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, depicts the famed political legend that the two made a pact that Blair would step down as Prime Minister so that Brown could take his place. "The Deal" begins in 1983 as the two men are first elected to Parliament and concludes in 1994 at the Granita restaurant - the location of the supposed agreement - with a brief epilogue following the 1997 general election. A fictional drama yes, but a delicious voyeuristic delight nonetheless.