List of fictional Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

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
Prime Minister Title Medium Year(s) Actor Notes Ref.
David Love Actually Film 2003 Hugh Grant [1][2][3][4][5]
Alan B'Stard The New Statesman Television 1992 Rik Mayall Episode: "The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard" [1][2]
Baldrick Blackadder: Back & Forth Short film 1999 Tony Robinson [1][6]
Lord Beaverbrook Dominion Novel 2012 [7]
Michael Callow Black Mirror Television 2011 Rory Kinnear Episode: "The National Anthem" [1][2][4]
Mortimer Chris Whoops Apocalypse Film 1986 Peter Cook [3][5]
Gladraeli Clampvulture Bleak Expectations Radio 2007–2012 Geoffrey Whitehead [6]
Leighton Clarkson London Has Fallen Film 2016 Guy Williams [8]
Mr Daubeny Phineas Redux Novel 1873 [9][10]
Alastair Davies 24: Live Another Day Television 2014 Stephen Fry Composite of David Cameron and Boris Johnson [1][2]
Tristan Evans King Charles III Film 2017 Adam James [11]
Mr Gresham Phineas Redux Novel 1873 [9]
Jim Hacker Yes, Prime Minister Television 1986–1988, 2013 Paul Eddington, David Haig [1][6][4]
Lord Halifax The Afrika Reich Novel 2011 [12]
Oswald Mosley The Leader Novel 2003 [13]
Lord Halifax Dominion Novel 2012 [14]
Lord Halifax The Madagaskar Plan Novel 2015 [15]
John Hatcher Doomsday Film 2008 Alexander Siddig [16]
Tom Hawkins Secret State Television 2012 Gabriel Byrne [2]
James Jaspers Comics Character in Marvel Universe [6]
Harriet Jones Doctor Who Television 2005 Penelope Wilton Episode: "The Christmas Invasion" [1][6][2]
Adam Lang The Ghost Writer Film 2010 Pierce Brosnan Based on Tony Blair [2][3]
Arthur Lytton Seven Days to Noon Film 1950 Ronald Adam [8][5]
Duke of Omnium The Prime Minister Novel 1876 [17]
Jo Patterson Doctor Who Television 2021 Harriet Walter Episode: "Revolution of the Daleks" [18][19]
Harry Perkins A Very British Coup Novel 1982 [6]
Harry Perkins A Very British Coup Television 1988 Ray McAnally [20]
Mrs Plumber The Third World War Novel 1978 Based on Margaret Thatcher [21][22]
Rosamund Jane Pritchard The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Television 2006 Jane Horrocks [2][20]
Vivienne Rook Years and Years Television 2019 Emma Thompson [23]
Harold Saxon Doctor Who Television 2007 John Simm Episode: "The Sound of Drums" [1]
Peter St John Zenith Comics 1987–2000 [6]
Michael Stevens Little Britain Television 2003 Anthony Head [6][4]
Robert Sutherland Cobra Television 2020 Robert Carlyle [24]
Adam Sutler V for Vendetta Film 2006 John Hurt [3]
John Vosler Bodyguard Television 2018–present David Westhead [8]
Unnamed Lifeforce Film 1985 Peter Porteous [5]
Unnamed North Sea Hijack Film 1980 Faith Brook [5]
Unnamed The Tunnel Film 1935 George Arliss [5]
Unnamed Stormbreaker Film 2006 Robbie Coltrane [5]
Unnamed Percy's Progress Film 1974 Harry H. Corbett [5]
Unnamed Carry On Emmannuelle Film 1978 Robert Dorning [5]
Unnamed Random Harvest Film 1942 Edward Fielding [5]
Unnamed Heavens Above! Film 1963 Colin Gordon [5]
Unnamed Water Film 1985 Maureen Lipman [5]
Unnamed Damage Film 1992 Tony Doyle [5]
Unnamed Mr Stink TV film 2012 David Walliams Based on 2009 novel

See also

References
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