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The portrayals of fictional prime ministers of the United Kingdom have been either completely fictional figures, or composite figures based on real-life people, or real-life figures who have never been prime minister other than in fiction.

List of fictional prime ministers

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Real people on this list are marked:†

Prime Minister Work Medium Year(s) Actor Notes Ref.
John Hammond 31 North 62 East Film 2009 John Rhys-Davies
Dave Mr Stink TV film 2012 David Walliams David Walliams is the author of the original novel. Could have been named after David Cameron. [1]
David Love Actually Film 2003 Hugh Grant [2][3][4][5][6]
Robert Little Britain Television 2005 Matt Lucas The Chancellor of the Exchequer and successor to Michael Stevens. He is based on Gordon Brown.
Thomas Andrews A Very British Coup Novel 1982 Harry Perkins' predecessor as prime minister, Andrews was the head of a Conservative-SDP Government of National Unity which suffered a landslide defeat to Labour in the 1989 general election. Thereafter, Andrews served as the Leader of the Opposition.
A Very British Coup Television 1988 Roger Brierley Andrews led a Conservative majority government to a landslide defeat in the 1991 general election following a banking sector crisis brought about by revelations of misconduct uncovered by Labour leader Harry Perkins. Andrews thereafter served as Leader of the Opposition. He was mentioned as representing the Surrey East constituency, and likely succeeded Margaret Thatcher (who was mentioned by Perkins as a former prime minister).
Herbert Attwell Yes Minister Television 1980–1984 The unnamed and unseen prime minister throughout the original series, he is mentioned by name only in companion books for the series. (His name would appear to be a portmanteau of three real prime ministers: Herbert H. Asquith, Clement Attlee and Arthur Wellesley.) Attwell appointed Jim Hacker as minister for administrative affairs upon becoming prime minister in "Open Government", principally as an act of revenge against Hacker for managing his rival's leadership campaign. In "Party Games", he unexpectedly retired after his home secretary and deputy was forced to resign following a spectacular drink-driving incident; Hacker surmised that Attwell held on to the premiership only to deny it to his then likely successor. Spending his retirement writing his memoirs, Attwell's sudden death in the Yes, Prime Minister episode "A Diplomatic Incident" saw his state funeral serve as an unofficial summit, during which Hacker discussed the terms of joint British-French management of the Channel Tunnel with the French president.
Alan B'Stard The New Statesman Television 1992 Rik Mayall In the final episode "The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard", a special general election is called over British membership of the European Economic Community. Alan B'Stard, as leader of the Eurosceptic New Patriotic Party, became an extra-parliamentary prime minister, having not contested a seat and having threatened to use his party's mandate to become a dictatorial Lord Protector (after his deputy leader Paddy O'Rourke suggested that he rather than B'Stard would become prime minister as a result). [2][3]
Baldrick Blackadder: Back & Forth Short film 1999 Tony Robinson After accidentally constructing a working time machine designed by Leonardo da Vinci so that his master Lord Blackadder could win £30,000 in a New Year's prank-cum-bet, Baldrick became the puppet prime minister to Edmund III of the United Kingdom after they used the time machine to manipulate history for their benefit. [2][7]
Jack Barker The Queen and I Novel 1992 In this novel written by Sue Townsend, the leader of the People's Republican Party, Barker won the 1992 election through subliminal messaging organised by the television technicians' union. Upon becoming prime minister, Barker abolished the monarchy and forced the Royal Family to live on the Hellebore Close council estate. However, due to fulfilling expensive campaign promises, such as raising pensions and renewing schools, Barker announced that Britain was to become part of Japan (with himself as Governor General) in exchange for the suspension of debt repayments, with Prince Edward having to marry the Emperor's daughter as part of the agreement. At the novel's conclusion, the story is revealed to have been a nightmare, with the Conservatives under John Major winning re-election (as in real-life).
Lord Beaverbrook† Dominion Novel 2012 [8]
Lord Bellinger The Adventure of the Second Stain Short story 1904 Collected in The Return of Sherlock Holmes [9]
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Film 1922 Cecil Ward Episode: "The Second Stain"
Sherlock Holmes Television 1951 J. Leslie Frith Episode: "The Second Stain"
Sherlock Holmes Television 1968 Cecil Parker Episode: "The Second Stain"
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Television 1986 Harry Andrews Episode: "The Second Stain"
Lord Broadstairs First Among Equals Novel 1984 The unidentified prime minister who led Labour to a narrow general election victory in 1989 following a short-lived, ineffective Conservative minority government during Margaret Thatcher's third tenure as prime minister. Due to drastic cardiac surgery, he was forced to stand down as Labour leader in 1991 in favour of his deputy and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Raymond Gould; however, he continued to serve as prime minister until that year's general election. His departure from office coincided with the abdication of Elizabeth II. Lord Broadstairs is his post-prime-ministerial title.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel † The Difference Engine Novel 1990 A member of the Industrial Radical Party, which was formed following Charles Babbage's successful development of a working Analytical Engine and the early arrival of the Information Revolution, Brunel succeeded Lord Byron following his death in 1855 amidst rioting during the Great Stink. [10]
Lord Byron † The Difference Engine Novel 1990 A member of the Industrial Radical Party, which was formed following Charles Babbage's successful development of a working Analytical Engine and the early arrival of the Information Revolution. Lord Byron became prime minister in 1831 following the Duke of Wellington's unsuccessful coup d'etat to keep the Tory government in power and subsequent assassination. Byron died in office in 1855 amidst rioting during the Great Stink. [10]
Lady Cairo Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny Novel 1889 Imperial prime minister of a federated British Empire, succeeding Mrs Hardinge. [11]
Michael Callow Black Mirror Television 2011 Rory Kinnear Episode: "The National Anthem". [2][3][5]
Mortimer Chris Whoops Apocalypse Film 1986 Peter Cook [4][6]
Gladraeli Clampvulture Bleak Expectations Radio 2012 Geoffrey Whitehead In the Series 5 finale "A Loved-Up Life Potentially Totally Annihilated", he refused to assist Pip Bin in foiling Mr Benevolent's plan to destroy the universe, even after the disappearance of several towns (as none were in constituencies controlled by his party). Considering re-election to be his first priority, he agreed to help only after learning that saving the universe would be a "huge vote winner", albeit deploying an ineffective one-man British Isles Defence Force. He dies after an enraged Pip throws him into Benevolent's Universe Destroying Device (one of many bizarre and violent deaths suffered by members of the Clampvulture family). Clampvulture's unfulfilled campaign promises included votes for horses and free jam. [7]
Leighton Clarkson London Has Fallen Film 2016 Guy Williams [12]
Henry "Hal" Collingridge House of Cards Television 1990 David Lyon Succeeding Margaret Thatcher as Conservative leader and prime minister, Collingridge leads his party to victory at the next general election albeit with a reduced majority. Citing the 'Night of the Long Knives' as precedent, Collingridge decides not to reshuffle his Cabinet. Being passed over for a promotion to the Home Office as a result, Government Chief Whip Francis Urquhart plots to replace him as prime minister out of revenge by fabricating a scandal involving Collridge's alcoholic brother and insider trading. In an ironic twist, Collingridge offers to support Urquhart's leadership bid.
Adam Cornwell Red Election Television 2021 James D'Arcy [13]
Mr Daubeny Phineas Redux Novel 1873 [14][15]
Alastair Davies 24: Live Another Day Television 2014 Stephen Fry Composite of David Cameron and Boris Johnson [2][3]
Tom Davis The Thick of It Television 2007-2009 Formerly the transport secretary and chancellor of the Exchequer, he became prime minister after his predecessor's legacy programme is leaked. He would go on to lose the 2010 general election. A parody of Gordon Brown, Davis is unseen throughout the series.
Tom Dawkins Secret State Television 2012 Gabriel Byrne Formerly the deputy prime minister to Charles Flyte, he succeeded Flyte after his death in a plane crash. After discovering a plot to engineer a war against Iran, he calls a vote of no confidence against his own government. [16]
Hector d'Estrange Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900 Novel 1890 Character is a pseudonym of Gloria De Lara [17][18]
Dawn Ellison Roadkill Television 2020 Helen McCrory
Tristan Evans King Charles III Film 2017 Adam James A constitutional crisis ensues over the King's refusal to grant royal assent to a statutory press regulation bill which could allow the government to censor the news and prevent the uncovering of genuine abuses of power. [19]
Opal Falomi Noughts + Crosses Television 2020 Rakie Ayola In an alternate timeline where Europe was colonised by several African nations, Opal Falomi is the prime minister of Albion, a self-governing colony of the Aprican Empire where racial segregation between Crosses and Noughts is rigidly enforced.
Endymion Ferrars Endymion Novel 1880 [20]
Freya Gardner The Politician's Husband Television 2013 Emily Watson Formerly the Minister of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, she became prime minister following her husband Aiden Hoynes's abortive leadership bid. With their marriage undermined by political scheming, public scandal, and unfounded suspicions that she was cheating on him with Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and leadership rival Bruce Babbish, they decide to remain married for political purposes, with Hoynes serving as Gardner's deputy prime minister.
Raymond Gould First Among Equals Novel 1984 In the UK edition of the novel, following the extremely close 1991 general election, Charles III informs Conservative leader Simon Kerslake that he intends to make Labour leader Raymond Gould his first prime minister. Gould had to enter into a coalition agreement with the SDP, which included holding a referendum on proportional representation.
Maureen Graty The West Wing Television 2005 Pamela Salem Maureen Graty was the prime minister of the United Kingdom in 2005-2006. She deployed UK troops towards President Josiah Bartlet's Middle East peacekeeping plan in 2005 under the command of British General Whitehead. President Bartlet commented that "when she mulls, it’s trouble".
Brian Green Torchwood: Children of Earth Television 2009 Nicholas Farrell [21]
Mr Gresham Phineas Redux Novel 1873 [14]
Roger ap Gwilliam Doctor Who Television 2024 Aneurin Barnard
Jim Hacker Yes, Prime Minister Television 1986–1988 Paul Eddington Previously the minister for administrative affairs and party chairman, Hacker became prime minister in "Party Games" after the surprise retirement of his predecessor. Hacker positioned himself as a moderate candidate after learning that the foreign secretary and chancellor of the Exchequer (the likely successors following the home secretary's resignation due to drink-driving) both posed serious security risks. In companion books written as published diary entries, Hacker ceased being prime minister after leading his party to defeat at the next general election. [2][5][7]
Yes, Prime Minister Television 2013 David Haig Depicted as the leader of a coalition government during the Eurozone crisis, the series revolves around his efforts to secure a multi-trillion dollar interest-free loan from Kumranistan as a solution.
Lord Halifax† The Afrika Reich Novel 2011 [22]
Dominion Novel 2012
The Madagaskar Plan Novel 2015
Mrs Hardinge Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny Novel 1889 Imperial prime minister of a federated British Empire. [23]
John Hatcher Doomsday Film 2008 Alexander Siddig [24]
Tom Hutchinson The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer Film 1970 Ronald Fraser The leader of the Conservatives, Hutchinson follows the advice of advisor-turned-MP Michael Rimmer which he gives in pursuit of his own ulterior ambitions. Hutchinson is murdered by Rimmer by being pushed off an oil rig, who then succeeds him as prime minister. [25]
James Jaspers Marvel Universe Comics 1983–present Character in Marvel Universe [7]
Harriet Jones Doctor Who Television 2005 Penelope Wilton Episode: "The Christmas Invasion". Whilst in the two-part story "Aliens of London" / "World War Three", the Doctor states that she would serve as a successful three-term prime minister with her premiership being regarded as a golden age, having met her as a backbench MP, he manages to instigate a vote of no confidence against her as revenge for her ordering the destruction of the retreating Sycorax ship. [2][7][3]
Simon Kerslake First Among Equals Novel 1984 In the US edition of the novel, following the extremely close 1991 general election, Charles III informs Labour leader Raymond Gould that he intends to make Conservative leader Simon Kerslake his first prime minister. Kerslake's character is likely analogous with the novel's author, Jeffrey Archer.
Adam Lang The Ghost Writer Film 2010 Pierce Brosnan Based on Tony Blair [3][4]
Peter Laurence Roadkill Television 2020 Hugh Laurie Previously the transport secretary and the justice secretary, he was appointed to the latter position by Prime Minister Dawn Ellison amidst prison rioting in a bid to undermine his popularity. Laurence was embroiled in numerous scandals, including two extramarital affairs, a love child, his daughter Susan being photographed taking cocaine, and culpability in the deaths of several tenants in properties that he owned, and often contradicted government policy publicly, such as supporting the decriminalisation of drugs and questioning the imprisonment of non-violent offenders. He was being investigated by journalist Charmian Pepper, against whom he had won a libel case, for his involvement with an American think tank which sought to privatise the National Health Service; this investigation practically came to a halt following Pepper's death during a suspicious traffic collision. Becoming prime minister following Ellison's resignation, Laurence's premiership was immediately jeopardised after his wife Helen's refusal to liquidate a shell company opened under her name.
Sebastian Love Little Britain USA Television 2008 David Walliams Formerly an aide to Michael Stevens, Sebastian Love's affections have been transferred to the new American president. Love is a parody of Peter Mandelson.
Arthur Lytton Seven Days to Noon Film 1950 Ronald Adam [12][6]
David MacAdam The Kidnapped Prime Minister Short story 1923 Collected in Poirot Investigates [26]
Tom Makepeace The Final Cut Television 1995 Paul Freeman Formerly the deputy prime minister and foreign secretary, Makepeace was fired from the Cabinet following a dispute over Prime Minister Francis Urquhart's proposal for a single language for Europe. Refusing Urquhart's offer of demotion to education secretary, Makepeace began attacking him from the opposition benches. Following Urquhart's disastrous attempt to rally support by stirring up conflict in Cyprus, Makepeace challenged him for the Conservative leadership. Initially planning to discredit Urquhart by leaking a tape proving his role in the death of journalist Mattie Storin, Urquhart's assassination on the day he surpassed Thatcher's time in office allows Makepeace to succeed him unopposed.
Oswald Mosley† The Leader Novel 2003 [27]
Duke of Omnium The Prime Minister Novel 1876 [28]
Gwen Oxlade Henry IX Television 2017 Pippa Haywood The incumbent prime minister when King Henry IX announces his intention to abdicate in coincidence with his Silver Jubilee. [29]
Jo Patterson Doctor Who Television 2021 Harriet Walter Episode: "Revolution of the Daleks": The Technology Secretary who won a leadership election and announced a rollout of Security Droids built from Daleks. However, she was immediately exterminated by a Dalek outside No. 10. [30]
Arthur Pemberton Passport to Pimlico Film 1949 Stanley Holloway Originally a shopkeeper in Miramont Gardens, Pimlico. After it is discovered that his neighbourhood is still technically part of the defunct Duchy of Burgundy, he is appointed prime minister after a descendent of the last known duke asserts his claim and forms a privy council, with its meetings taking place in his shop. Forced to contend with strained British-Burgundian relations, owing to Burgundy becoming a safe haven for black marketeers, he ceases to be prime minister once the micro-nation is reunited with Britain.
Harry Perkins A Very British Coup Novel 1982 Being the target of a conspiracy orchestrated by the Civil Service, the General Staff, newspaper magnate Sir George Fison, and the United States to undermine his radical policy agenda, Perkins is ultimately forced to resign after a meltdown at a nuclear power station whose creation he supported as Secretary of State for the Public Sector. He represented the Sheffield Central constituency. The sequel novel The Friends of Harry Perkins, published in 2019 and set forty years after the events of A Very British Coup, opens with Harry Perkins' funeral. [7]
A Very British Coup Television 1988 Ray McAnally Following much of the plot of the novel, albeit with Perkins opposed to nuclear power, Perkins is presented with forged evidence of financial irregularity suggesting that he accepted £300,000 from the Soviet government as part of loan negotiations with the International State Bank of Moscow, implicating his former lover Helen Jarvis. With Fison's newspapers falsely speculating on Perkins' health and suggesting overwhelming public support for Perkins's former chancellor Lawrence Wainwright (a co-conspirator) as prime minister, he uses a live national broadcast intended for the announcement of his resignation on grounds of ill health to reveal the blackmail conspiracy and to call an early general election. On Election Day morning, it is implied that a military coup has begun. He represented the Sheffield Central constituency.
Michael Phillips My Dad's the Prime Minister Television 2003–2004 Robert Bathurst [31]
Mrs Plumber The Third World War Novel 1978 Based on Margaret Thatcher [32][33]
Keith Price Late Night Mash Television 2022 Josh Pugh During a Newsdeck report, it was announced that due to difficulties in appointing a long-term prime minister, members of the public were to be randomly selected to serve in the role for two week tenures, similar to jury service. During a press conference, Keith Price, formerly a plumber from Cambridge and the first prime minister appointed under the new system, announced his policies of banning strawberries (as his wife was allergic), prohibiting non-regular customers at the Merchant's Arms pub in Cambridge from sitting at the bar, pursuing a Moon mission, and bombing France. [34]
Rosamund Jane Pritchard The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Television 2006 Jane Horrocks Originally a supermarket manager from Eatanswill, Yorkshire, she decided to stand as an independent parliamentary candidate out of anger at the state of British politics. After gauging the extent of dissatisfaction with politics, she formed the Purple Alliance, a third-way party whose members were formerly Conservative, Liberal Democrat, and Labour and were predominantly female. Promising never to deceive voters, her policies including moving Parliament to Bradford (after a 'Great Debate' during which she asks the public for ideas for policies), Green Wednesday during which car use would be banned (which she decided upon spontaneously), and promising to subject EU legislation to greater parliamentary scrutiny (after a Lithuanian plane crashes over Walthamstow). [3][35]
Michael Rimmer The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer Film 1970 Peter Cook Based on David Frost. Formerly a pollster and Conservative Party advisor, Rimmer became prime minister after murdering his predecessor, Tom Hutchinson. Rimmer gained dictatorial powers in a referendum after generating extreme levels of voter apathy by requiring the electorate to engage in constant postal voting and televoting on trivial or complex matters. [25]
Vivienne Rook Years and Years Television 2019 Emma Thompson The leader of the far-right, populist Four Star Party (named after her tactic of swearing on pre-watershed television to appeal to disaffected voters). She was the first incumbent prime minister to be arrested, charged with murder and conspiracy to murder for the establishment of so-called 'Erstwhile Sites' for the detainment of asylum seekers and economic migrants. Although incarcerated, it is implied that she escaped with the aid of powerful sponsors and was replaced with a double. [36]
Harold Saxon Doctor Who Television 2007 John Simm Episode: "The Sound of Drums". Alias of The Master, an evil Time Lord and one of the Doctor's archenemies. [2]
Edward Shaw The Palace Television 2008 John Shrapnel The incumbent prime minister at the time of King James III's death, the newly-ascended Richard IV has an affair with his married press officer and he and the new king argue over cuts in defence spending.
Peter St John Zenith Comics 1987–2000 Formerly known as Mandala, a member of the now-disbanded superhero team Cloud 9. [7]
Maxwell Stanbrook The Final Cut Novel 1995 Formerly the Environment Secretary, tasked with prohibiting the erection of a statue in honour of Margaret Thatcher, Stanbrook succeeded Francis Urquhart following his (elective) assassination and went on to win a landslide majority in Parliament due to public sympathy. Stanbrook was Jewish and of dubious parentage.
Michael Stevens Little Britain Television 2003 Anthony Head Based on Tony Blair, he is the object of aide Sebastian Love's affection. [7][5]
Reginald Stevens No Love for Johnnie Novel 1959 [7]
No Love for Johnnie Film 1961 Geoffrey Keen
Adam Susan V for Vendetta Graphic novel 1982–1985 A former police chief constable, he and the Norsefire Party rose to power by exploiting poverty, chaos, and panic following a worldwide nuclear war, whereafter he adopted the title of Leader. A lifelong virgin and possibly a repressed homosexual, Susan falls in love with the super-computer Fate after the anarchistic terrorist V manipulated it to express the emotion of love to drive Susan insane. He was assassinated by Rose Almond, widow of the head of "The Finger" Derek Almond, resulting in his lieutenants killing each other to become Leader.
Robert Sutherland Cobra Television 2020 Robert Carlyle In Series 1, Sutherland oversees response efforts following power outages caused by a solar flare, and has to deal with a resultant blockade of Northumberland and the drug overdose death of his daughter Ellie's best friend, which she caused. After Sutherland's Home Secretary Archie Glover-Morgan attempts to orchestrate a vote of no confidence against him, he calls a general election, which he wins albeit with a reduced majority of nine MPs. In Series 2, Sutherland has to contend with the aftermath of an explosion on a sunken Second World War ammunition ship and subsequent Russian cyber attacks. [37]
Adam Sutler V for Vendetta Film 2006 John Hurt Based on Adam Susan from the original comic series. Formerly the Conservative Under-Secretary of Defence, he founded the Norsefire Party, whose supporters developed the St Marys virus and corresponding cure, using them to perpetrate false flag attacks and win a general election and become personally wealthy, respectively. Sutler held the title of High Chancellor following the establishment of the Norsefire dictatorship. In exchange for the surrender of the anarchistic terrorist V, Sutler is kidnapped and executed by Creedy, the leader of the Finger (the military police). [4]
Henry Tobin Party's Over Radio 2019 Miles Jupp Being the former prime minister, the series is set in the aftermath of Tobin's disastrous eight-month-long premiership and follows his misadventures as he attempts to repair his reputation and find lucrative employment. In the pilot, his time in office ended following a landslide defeat to the Opposition and the loss of his own seat in a snap general election, and his own unceremonious removal as party leader. However, in later episodes it is implied that he lost a vote of no confidence and that his party has remained in government. It is implied that he was a Conservative, having succeeded real-life prime ministers David Cameron and Theresa May and mentioned several Conservative ministers as former colleagues. His attempts to restart his political career included joining with tech entrepreneur Scott Machin in establishing the Common Sense Party (which immediately backfired when Machin announced several eugenic policies at the party's launch event), and accepting the offer of a peerage (which was withdrawn after Tobin's conspiracy theorist sister sabotaged his investiture ceremony by playing a recording of him supposedly accusing the House of Lords of being lizard people). [38]
Nicol Trowbridge The Diplomat Television 2023 Rory Kinnear [39]
Francis Urquhart To Play the King Novel 1993 After the newly crowned king criticises many of Urquhart's policies and establishes himself as an unofficial Leader of the Opposition, Urquhart wins a majority in a snap general election, thus forcing the king to abdicate in favour of his son. [40]
To Play the King Television 1993 Ian Richardson
The Final Cut Novel 1995
The Final Cut Television 1995 Ian Richardson
John Vosler Bodyguard Television 2018 David Westhead Forced to resign after a kompromat originally given to Home Secretary Julia Montague was leaked following her assassination. [12]
Lawrence Wainwright A Very British Coup Novel 1982 Initially serving as chancellor of the Exchequer, Wainwright was a co-conspirator in a plot to remove Harry Perkins as prime minister and stymie his legislative agenda, hoping to become prime minister himself as a result after losing out on becoming Labour leader due to an electoral college system. After Perkins' resignation, Wainwright was elected leader by a majority of Labour MPs whilst Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House Jock Steeples was declared acting leader by the Labour Party National Executive. After the King appointed Wainwright as prime minister after the intervention of DI5, civil disruption and abortive legal proceedings against Wainwright ensued. After replacing the entire Cabinet (with Steeples turning down a minor position), Wainwright abandoned Perkins' policies not already implemented, including British withdrawal from NATO, nuclear disarmament, withdrawal from the Common Market, and the dissolution of newspaper monopolies. In The Friends of Harry Perkins, it was revealed that he served for only two years as prime minister before Labour fell from power.
Horace Wilson† Settling Accounts: In at the Death Novel 2007 In an alternate timeline in which the Confederate States won the War of Secession over the United States, the Second Great War (1941-1944) in Europe witnesses the destruction of London, Norwich and Brighton (alongside Paris and Petrograd) by German superbombs. After the ousting of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chancellor of the Exchequer Oswald Mosley, Horace Wilson was installed as a caretaker prime minister tasked with negotiating peace with the victorious Central Powers.
The War That Came Early Novel series 2009-2014 In an alternate timeline in which the Second World War began in 1938 due to the assassination of Konrad Henlein by a Czech nationalist, Horace Wilson succeeded Neville Chamberlain as prime minister in 1940 (Winston Churchill having been killed by a drink-driver). As a result of his increasingly anti-democratic leadership, a relatively bloodless military coup occurred in 1941 resulting in Wilson and his Cabinet being placed in preventative detention and replaced by a military junta which respected civil liberties and voices of dissent out of expediency.
Sidney Wilton Endymion Novel 1880 [41]
Karen Touch Me I'm Karen Taylor Television 2008 Karen Taylor Series of sketches about 'The Brass Lady', a "Junior Minister catapulted to power" following the deaths of most of the Cabinet due to cat flu. She does not take the job very seriously.
Unnamed Lifeforce Film 1985 Peter Porteous [6]
Unnamed North Sea Hijack Film 1980 Faith Brook [6]
Unnamed The Tunnel Film 1935 George Arliss [6]
Unnamed Stormbreaker Novel 2000 [42]
Unnamed Stormbreaker Film 2006 Robbie Coltrane [6]
Unnamed Percy's Progress Film 1974 Harry H. Corbett [6]
Unnamed Carry On Emmannuelle Film 1978 Robert Dorning [6]
Unnamed Random Harvest Film 1942 Edward Fielding [6]
Unnamed Heavens Above! Film 1963 Colin Gordon [6]
Unnamed Water Film 1985 Maureen Lipman [6]
Unnamed Mr Stink Novel 2009 [43]
Unnamed Damage Film 1992 Tony Doyle [6]
Unnamed Poirot Television 1990 Henry Moxon Episode: "The Kidnapped Prime Minister" [44]
Unnamed Ice Television 2011 Simon Callow
Unnamed Ali G Indahouse Film 2002 Michael Gambon

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