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My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003)

My Dad's the Prime Minister poster
Directed by
Juliet May
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 13 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British sitcom about a prime minister trying to balance his job with family life. It follows his son Dillon getting into trouble at school and the spin doctor managing public image.

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What happens

My Dad's the Prime Minister is a 2003–2004 British sitcom written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman, and was a co-production between CBBC and BBC Entertainment. It centres on the life of the Prime Minister, his family and his spin doctor. Its main cast include Robert Bathurst, Joe Prospero, Carla Mendonça, Brian Bovell and Emma Sackville. It was filmed at Bushey in Watford, and extras included students of the nearby Bushey Hall School and Bushey Meads School. Series 1 was shown on BBC One as part of its CBBC strand, in April and May 2003. Season 2 was promoted to a primetime slot on BBC One, airing in November and December 2004. Series 1 focused more on Dillon (the Prime Minister's son), while the second season had greater coverage of the life of the Prime Minister. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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