Blair (Michael Sheen) wins the election and buddies up with Clinton (Dennis Quaid) and stands by him even when the Monica Lewinsky story comes out. Then Blair forces action in Bosnia and backs Clinton into a corner ... he's not going to be reelected anyway. Then Blair buddies up to Bush..
I'm not sure what any of this tells us really, other than that international politics is a tricky business. The portrayal of Blair is really shallow, doesn't even hint at the coming lies and war with Iraq. Helen McCrory and Hope Davis play the wives. With Adam Godley and Mark Bazeley. Written by Peter Morgan.
This was a BBC / HBO co-production, photographed by Barry Aykroyd, edited by Melanie Oliver, music from Alexandre Desplat.
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