A Very British Coup

About A Very British Coup

Working-class, left-leaning Harry Perkins is elected PM. As he works to implement social change via democratic process, the conservatives and their allies quietly begin working to remove him.

A Very British Coup is a war and politics series made for Channel 4. Ray McAnally leads the cast as Harry Perkins, Tim McInnerny as Fiennes, Keith Allen as Thompson, and Christine Kavanagh as Liz.

It ran for one season of 3 episodes between June 1988 and July 1988. It is adapted from a novel.

Members will find investigative journalism, social commentary, british politics, and political drama in it.

House of Cards, Fool Me Once, and The Spy make useful companions to A Very British Coup, all filed under british prime minister and miniseries.