Dominic Taylor
Annie's Bar (1996)
Season 1
Political soap with scenes shot just hours before transmission. Set in and around Annie's Bar - the legendary watering hole and gossip shop in the House of Commons.
Released Feb. 1, 1996
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Ardent Productions
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode 1
David Dashwood is surprisingly elected as Conservative MP at a by-election in marginal Westling-on-Sea. Flushed with success, he is set to go to Westminster with his ideals intact.
Feb. 1, 1996, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
David Dashwood makes his first TV appearance and doesn't realise that he has been set up by the Labour Whip. Terry Dunning, the Tory Whip, is not amused.
Feb. 8, 1996, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Nick Buckley is at the forefront of a demonstration designed to win votes, but things start to go wrong. Stiggy gets embroiled with Candy in an embarrassing scam.
Feb. 15, 1996, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
David Dashwood is due to make his maiden speech and he's determined to make his mark, despite the attempts of Terry Dunning to restrain him. Then Graham Keegan receives a worrying phone call.
Feb. 22, 1996, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
After Dashwood has made his provocative maiden speech and the knives are out for him... within his own party. Labour whip Graham Keegan has his own problems, and is fighting for his political life.
Feb. 29, 1996, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Although David is pleasing his constituents, his wife Laura is giving the Westling constituency chairman serious cause for concern.
March 7, 1996, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Antonia Courtney is giving Terry Dunning difficulties. Will his threat to deport her have the desired effect?
March 14, 1996, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
David threatens to force a defeat on the Government, so Terry enlists the help of Fleur to manoeuvre him into an uncompromising position. Will blackmail work on the rebel?
March 21, 1996, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
A break-in at the whip's office gives Terry Dunning a major headache, and Fleur gets taken in for questioning.
March 28, 1996, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
It's the night of the crucial vote and Dashwood is determined to vote with the opposition - can he bring down the government?
April 4, 1996, midnight
Channel 4
30 min/ep
30 min
Feb. 1, 1996
April 4, 1996, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists