My Dad's the Prime Minister is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 sitcom written by Ian Hislop

Ian Hislop

Ian David Hislop is a British journalist, satirist, comedian, writer, broadcaster and editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye...

 and Nick Newman

Nick Newman

Nick Newman is a satirical British cartoonist and comedy scriptwriter.The son of an RAF officer, Newman was born in Kuala Lumpur and schooled at Ardingly College where his satirical career began, working on revues with Ian Hislop...

. It centres around the life of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...

, his family and his spin doctor. Its main cast include Robert Bathurst

Robert Bathurst

Robert Guy Bathurst is an English actor. Bathurst was born in the Gold Coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. His family moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 1959 and Bathurst was enrolled at an Anglican boarding school...

, Joe Prospero

Joe Prospero

Joe Prospero is a British actor. His most substantial roles have been as 12-year-old Dillon Phillips, in the 2003–2004 BBC sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister, and as Edward in the 2001 television adaptation of My Uncle Silas.He appeared in the film Finding Neverland , in which he played...

, Carla Mendonça

Carla Mendonça

Carla Mendonça is an English actress. She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick...

, Brian Bovell

Brian Bovell

Brian Bovell is an English actor.He has appeared regularly on television since 1980, as well as featuring in the cult film Babylon released the same year. He has also appeared in the play Where There Is Darkness in 1981, winning the 1982 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting...

 and Emma Sackville.

It was filmed at Bushey

Bushey

Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. Bushey Heath is situated to the south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow.-History:...

 in Watford

Watford

Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...

, and extras included students of the nearby Bushey Hall School

Bushey Hall School

The Bushey Academy is an academy in Bushey, Hertfordshire, UK, which opened in September 2009 to replace Bushey Hall School. The principal is Andy Hemmings, who joined Bushey Hall School in January 2009. The academy is co-sponsored by businessman David Meller and Sir John Lawes School in Harpenden...

 and Bushey Meads School

Bushey Meads School

Bushey Meads School is a foundation secondary school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, UK. The current head teacher is Mr Keith Douglas, B.A. Hons, M.A., who started as a new member of staff in the school in December 2005....

.

Series 1 was shown on BBC 1 as part of CBBC, in April and May 2003. Season 2 was shown later in the evening on BBC 1, in November and December 2004. Series 1 focused more on Dillon (the Prime Minister's son), while the second season had greater coverage of the life of the Prime Minister. Series 1 was released on DVD and video, but currently Series 2 remains unreleased.

Synopsis

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 spin doctor interferes with everything and the slightest bit of bad behaviour may trigger an international crisis.

Cast

• Robert Bathurst
  Robert Bathurst
  Robert Guy Bathurst is an English actor. Bathurst was born in the Gold Coast in 1957, where his father was working as a management consultant. His family moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 1959 and Bathurst was enrolled at an Anglican boarding school...
  
   - Michael Phillips
• Joe Prospero
  Joe Prospero
  Joe Prospero is a British actor. His most substantial roles have been as 12-year-old Dillon Phillips, in the 2003–2004 BBC sitcom My Dad's the Prime Minister, and as Edward in the 2001 television adaptation of My Uncle Silas.He appeared in the film Finding Neverland , in which he played...
  
   - Dillon Phillips
• Carla Mendonca
  Carla Mendonça
  Carla Mendonça is an English actress. She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick...
  
   - Clare Phillips
• Emma Sackville - Sarah Phillips
• Jasper Britton
  Jasper Britton
  Jasper Britton, in is an actor.Britton is the son of veteran actor Tony Britton, and Danish sculptor and member of the World War II Danish Resistance Eva Castle Britton...
  
   - Duncan Packer
• Brian Bovell
  Brian Bovell
  Brian Bovell is an English actor.He has appeared regularly on television since 1980, as well as featuring in the cult film Babylon released the same year. He has also appeared in the play Where There Is Darkness in 1981, winning the 1982 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting...
  
   - Detective Andy Sharp (Series 1)
• Paterson Joseph
  Paterson Joseph
  -Career:Born in London. Attended Cardinal Hinsley R.C High School in North West London. Joseph first trained at the Studio '68 of Theatre Arts, London – 1983–85 with Robert Henderson, then at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . In recent years he has had a high number of roles in...
  
   - Detective Gary McRyan (Series 2)
• Simeon Gunn - JJ
• Joe Gunn - Geezer
• Luke Newberry - Lighthouse
• Leagh Conwell - James "Flash" Gordon
• Eugene Simon
  Eugene Simon (actor)
  Eugene Michael Simon is an English actor and fashion model best known for his role as Jerome Clarke in the television series House of Anubis. As a model, he is represented by agency Models 1.-Filmography:-External links:...
  
   - Harry
• Marcia Warren
  Marcia Warren
  Marcia Warren is an English stage, film and television actress. On stage, she appeared in Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati, and The Sea at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.-Partial filmography:...
  
   - Granny Phillips
• Robert Vansittart - Chancellor
• Michael Cronin - Mr Speaker
• Michael Fenton Stevens
  Michael Fenton Stevens
  Michael Fenton Stevens , sometimes credited as Michael Fenton-Stevens, is a UK actor and comedian, a founder member of The Hee Bee Gee Bees and the voice behind the Spitting Image 1986 number 1 hit "The Chicken Song"...
  
  - 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

List of Series One Episodes

• Sports Day
• The Party
• Ghosts
• The School Play
• The Project
• Homework

External links

• BBC Comedy Guide for "My Dad's the Prime Minister"
• BBC Press Office for "My Dad's the Prime Minister"