First Among Equals

Product Description Fact meets fiction in this 10-part adaptation of Jeffrey archer's international bestseller. First Among Equals follows four politicians from their first day in Parliament through more than 20 years in office, as each jockeys to become prime minister. The dialogue crackles with dry wit, and the plot involves plenty of sex and scandalsome of it straight out of Archer's personal experience as a former MP. The first-rate ensemble cast features two-time Oscar-nominee Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton, In the Bedroom), James Faulkner (The Bank Job), David Robb, Jeremy Child, and Joanna David, Nominated for three BAFTA awards, the miniseries aired on public television in 1987. Complete U.K. broadcast edition. 10 episodes. Review Brilliant British import -- Film Intuition Makes for some enduring quality British TV in First Among Equals (1986) in one of the last great British Mini-Series of the last golden age of their TV... Smart, dark and nuanced, the acting and writing are totally credible, from the witty to the raw...it becomes quickly compelling. -- Fulvue Drive-In Offers subplots involving terrorism, extortion, embezzlement and prostitution, making its broad scope more intimate at just the right times. -- Video Librarian online The political intrigue (even if the details of British electoral maneuvering are sometimes baffling) is engrossing. -- Metro Newspapers (CA) brilliant -- Blogcritics magazine