You should have watched it, then you could make an informed comment.
The Trial Of Tony Blair
London, 2010 ... but not quite as we know it.
This sharp satire portrays the private travails of British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Robert Lindsay - Hornblower, My Family) on the cusp of swapping the corridors of power for carpet swatches in his trendy Connaught Square home.
The shredder machines are churning through compromising files. Gordon Brown (Peter Mullan - Children of Men) is about to take over. President Hilary Clinton seeks her second term in the White House. Legacy-obsessed Blair is dictating his memoir. In Iraq, the daily death toll is unrelenting.
Blair's delusional belief in his continuing relevance as an international figure of influence is raising eyebrows even those of his closest confidant, Cherie (Phoebe Nicholls - Spooks). Privately, Blair is haunted by night terrors of soldiers' coffins and suicide bombers. When his visions begin appearing during the day, mostly spent at his needlessly expansive Thames-side office, he must act.
Desperately seeking redemption, Blair charms his way into fast tracking his conversion to Catholicism. While he eagerly awaits the call for a big job in America, he blithely refuses to see the dangers he faces from a UNSC war crimes tribunal on Iraq.
Blair's cavalier attitude towards Brown's skilful handling of the economy during his decade in power eroded loyalty long ago. Clinton's aides now distance her from the war in Iraq. Where are the celebrities who fawned over him as Prime Minister?
Blair is shocked to find himself out in the cold. The hand of history is tapping on Blair's shoulder, but not on his terms.
