My Dad's the Prime Minister

Dillon Phillips is twelve years old, and also burdened with a father who is the Prime Minister and has just been voted "Naffest Man in Britain" by his favourite pop magazine. His dad's smarmy and unlikeable spin doctor, Duncan Packer, interferes with everything and the slightest bit of bad behaviour may trigger an international crisis. Dillon's mother, Clare, is a successful businesswoman and has little time for him, while his older sister, Sarah, is annoyingly bossy and dismissive of her brother and his problems: however, the pair do occasionally join forces in order to fight against their oppressive regime, and especially against Packer. At school, Dillon's only real friend is a boy known as 'Geezer', the other boys (a boy known as 'Flash', his main nemesis, in particular) frequently picking on him because of his father's position, especially when the latter shows him up, for example by arriving at the school's sports day in a helicopter. Dillon achieves some solace through imagining himself as a feisty, Jeremy Paxman-style, newsreader and interviewer, constantly interrogating his parents and sister and the odious Packer on matters that impinge on him. Most episodes open and close with these 'fantasy' newsflashes. He also occasionally gets some support from his kindly paternal grandmother, who takes surprisingly little interest in Michael's political career, preferring instead to focus on the achievements of her other son and her grandchildren.

• Robert Bathurst – Michael Phillips
• Joe Prospero – Dillon Phillips
• Carla Mendonca – Clare Phillips
• Emma Sackville – Sarah Phillips
• Jasper Britton – Duncan Packer
• Brian Bovell – Detective Andy Sharp (Series 1)
• Paterson Joseph – Detective Gary McRyan (Series 2)
• Simeon Gunn – JJ
• Joe Gunn – Geezer
• Liam Hess - Dom Clackson
• Luke Newberry – Lighthouse
• Leagh Conwell – James "Flash" Gordon
• Eugene Simon – Harry
• Marcia Warren – Granny Phillips
• Robert Vansittart – Chancellor
• Michael Cronin – Mr Speaker
• Michael Fenton Stevens – Home Secretary
• Neil McCaul – Foreign Secretary
• Jane Bertish – Education Secretary
• Martin Chamberlain – Trade and Industry Secretary
• Steve Toussaint – Transport Secretary
• Amanda Holt – Health Secretary
• Albert Welling – Opposition Leader
• Kenny Ireland – Union Leader

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