The Deal

0 Season
0 Episode

The Deal

0

(0 votes, average: 0.00/ 10)

48 minutes 1970 HD

  • Share

The Deal is a 2003 British television film directed by Stephen Frears from a script by Peter Morgan, based in part upon The Rivals by James Naughtie. The film stars David Morrissey as Gordon Brown and Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, and depicts the Blair-Brown deal—a well-documented pact that Blair and Brown made whereby Brown would not stand in the 1994 Labour leadership election, so that Blair could have a clear run at becoming leader of the party and Prime Minister. The film begins on 9 June 1983, as Blair and Brown are first elected to Parliament, and concludes in May 1994 at the Granita restaurant—the location of the supposed agreement—with a brief epilogue following the leadership contest. The film was first proposed by Morgan in late 2002 and was taken on by Granada Television for ITV. After Frears agreed to direct, and the cast were signed on, ITV pulled out of it over fears that the political sensitivity could affect its corporate merger. Channel 4 picked up the production and filming was carried out for five weeks in May 2003. The film was broadcast on 28 September 2003, the weekend prior to the Labour Party's annual party conference. The film was critically lauded. Morrissey received considerable praise, winning a Royal Television Society award for playing Brown, and Frears was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television Movie/Serial by the Directors Guild of Great Britain. The film also nominated for an International Emmy for Best TV Movie/Miniseries. Sheen later reunited with Morgan, Frears, and producer Christine Langan in 2006 to reprise his role as Blair in The Queen, that depicts the death of Princess Diana on 31 August 1997. Sheen reprised his role once again in 2010 in The Special Relationship, that chronicles the "special relationship" between Blair and US President Bill Clinton up until the September 11 attacks, and was broadcast on BBC Two in the United Kingdom and HBO in North America.

img

Season

Similar

  • 1988
    img

    A Very British Coup

    A Very British Coup

    7.79 1988 HD

    A Very British Coup is a British political thriller series based on the novel by Chris Mullin. It stars Ray McAnally as the newly elected left-wing...

    img
  • 2013
    img

    The Politician's Husband

    The Politician's Husband

    6.86 2013 HD

    A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.

    img
  • 1991
    img

    G.B.H.

    G.B.H.

    6.40 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

    img
  • 1983
    img

    Number 10

    Number 10

    5.00 1983 HD

    Drama series about the private lives of seven British prime ministers who lived in Number 10 Downing Street between the 1780s and the 1920s: William...

    img
  • 1998
    img

    Mosley

    Mosley

    4.00 1998 HD

    Sir Oswald Mosley was a man who should have ranked with the heroes of the century... Instead his personal life and public career ended in disgrace...

    img
  • 2016
    img

    The Crown

    The Crown

    8.20 2016 HD

    The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The...

    img
  • 1969
    img

    The First Churchills

    The First Churchills

    6.30 1969 HD

    The lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the duke's death in 1722.

    img
  • 1993
    img

    To Play the King

    To Play the King

    8.00 1993 HD

    Francis Urquhart's survival at the top is threatened by the new king's populist agenda.

    img
  • 2019
    img

    The Trial of Christine Keeler

    The Trial of Christine Keeler

    6.80 2019 HD

    The minister, his mistress, and her lover the spy. The story of the woman at the centre of one of the 20th century's biggest scandals – which...

    img
  • 1990
    img

    House of Cards

    House of Cards

    8.10 1990 HD

    Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a...

    img

Recomendation

  • 2015
    img

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    6.50 2015 HD

    Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an...

    img
  • 2014
    img

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.80 2014 HD

    After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program...

    img
  • 1947
    img

    Meet the Press

    Meet the Press

    3.80 1947 HD

    Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program airing on NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American...

    img
  • 1996
    img

    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.40 1996 HD

    The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

    img
  • 2005
    img

    Sturm der Liebe

    Sturm der Liebe

    5.80 2005 HD

    These are the stories of relationships taking place in the fictional five-star hotel Fürstenhof, located in Feldkirchen-Westerham near Rosenheim...

    img
  • 2019
    img

    GH dúo

    GH dúo

    6.50 2019 HD

    img
  • 2024
    img

    La Casa de los Famosos Colombia

    La Casa de los Famosos Colombia

    6.60 2024 HD

    img
  • 2002
    img

    My Family

    My Family

    8.80 2002 HD

    A light hearted comedy based on the about the daily life of a "normal" Japanese family. The Tachibana family consists of a housewife mom, a...

    img
  • 1977
    img

    Der Alte

    Der Alte

    6.00 1977 HD

    A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

    img
  • 1962
    img

    University Challenge

    University Challenge

    6.00 1962 HD

    Academic quiz show where teams of students from UK universities answer questions on all manner of subjects.

    img