What if the PM of UK told the US to take it's bases out 18 months? Do it, period! You get a glimpse of a lot of the "friction" (putting it mildly as bodies pile up) that exists unseen in democratic government. AVBC allows you to imagine being a left leaning prime minister in a system where many civil servants are all rather far right leaning blue bloods, especially the secret services. In the end, only true political skills and thinking on his feet saved the PM in this series.
PS: the same situation could apply in US (lest you think this is all N/A). I imagine the US State Department is really no different, heavily cliquish, unbalanced-ly pro national corporate interests, covert and everything. Good luck getting through them. It brings to light conspiracy theories about the annihilation of the Kennedy family in the 60s (even though they were NOT at all that far left; certainly not as far as McAnally's character, which is hard to swallow).
I thought the dismantling of ONE war-head on prime time TV was gimmicky. McAnally's straight on but deep acting is a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
I was surprised to hear the phrase "hearts and minds" in the 2nd episode.
It was interesting to hear how the conflicts being played out in the political theater date back to the middle ages! Once an outsider....
PS. this is out on DVD at least my mail order DVD rental service ;) I think we might get to see a decent US movie remake of this but hopefully NOT like what they did to "State of Play" YUCK.
PS: the same situation could apply in US (lest you think this is all N/A). I imagine the US State Department is really no different, heavily cliquish, unbalanced-ly pro national corporate interests, covert and everything. Good luck getting through them. It brings to light conspiracy theories about the annihilation of the Kennedy family in the 60s (even though they were NOT at all that far left; certainly not as far as McAnally's character, which is hard to swallow).
I thought the dismantling of ONE war-head on prime time TV was gimmicky. McAnally's straight on but deep acting is a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
I was surprised to hear the phrase "hearts and minds" in the 2nd episode.
It was interesting to hear how the conflicts being played out in the political theater date back to the middle ages! Once an outsider....
PS. this is out on DVD at least my mail order DVD rental service ;) I think we might get to see a decent US movie remake of this but hopefully NOT like what they did to "State of Play" YUCK.