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Identity Crisis

  • Episode aired Jul 21, 2005
  • 29m
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Absolute Power (2003)
Comedy

The Home Secretary asks Charles and Martin to devise a PR campaign to promote the highly unpopular proposed National Identity Card scheme, and, with the office telephones behaving strangely,... Read allThe Home Secretary asks Charles and Martin to devise a PR campaign to promote the highly unpopular proposed National Identity Card scheme, and, with the office telephones behaving strangely, the staff begin to suspect they are under surveillance by MI5, with Alison's resulting pa... Read allThe Home Secretary asks Charles and Martin to devise a PR campaign to promote the highly unpopular proposed National Identity Card scheme, and, with the office telephones behaving strangely, the staff begin to suspect they are under surveillance by MI5, with Alison's resulting paranoia leading her to take the most drastic of steps.

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    • Tristram Shapeero
  • Stars
    • Stephen Fry
    • John Bird
    • James Lance
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    • Director
      • Tristram Shapeero
    • Stars
      • Stephen Fry
      • John Bird
      • James Lance
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    Stephen Fry
    Stephen Fry
    • Charles Prentiss
    John Bird
    John Bird
    • Martin McCabe
    James Lance
    James Lance
    • Jamie Front
    Zoe Telford
    Zoe Telford
    • Alison Jackman
    Nicholas Burns
    Nicholas Burns
    • Nick Mayer
    Sally Bretton
    Sally Bretton
    • Cat Durnford
    Silas Carson
    Silas Carson
    • Reza Bin Laden
    James Fox
    James Fox
    • Gerald Thurnham
    Robert Duncan
    Robert Duncan
    • Lionel Blackmore
    Phillip Schofield
    • Phillip Schofield
    Tim Bentinck
    Tim Bentinck
    • Jonathan Crossman
    • (as Timothy Bentinck)
    Justin Edwards
    Justin Edwards
    • Davis
    Samantha Coughlan
    Samantha Coughlan
    • Monica
    Stefan Kalipha
    Stefan Kalipha
    • Mohammed
    Dermot Murnaghan
    Dermot Murnaghan
    • Dermot Murnaghan
    Shaun Stone
    Shaun Stone
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      • Tristram Shapeero
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      References MI-5 (2002)

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    • Release date
      • July 21, 2005 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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