
Annie's Bar — Season 1
Political soap with scenes shot just hours before transmission. Set in and around Annie's Bar - the legendary watering hole and gossip shop in the House of Commons.
About this season
Political soap with scenes shot just hours before transmission. Set in and around Annie's Bar - the legendary watering hole and gossip shop in the House of Commons.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 1 February 1996 • 24 min
David Dashwood is surprisingly elected as Conservative MP at a by-election in marginal Westling-on-Sea. Flushed with success, he is set to go to Westminster with his ideals intact.
2. Episode 2
Aired 8 February 1996 • 24 min
David Dashwood makes his first TV appearance and doesn't realise that he has been set up by the Labour Whip. Terry Dunning, the Tory Whip, is not amused.
3. Episode 3
Aired 15 February 1996 • 24 min
Nick Buckley is at the forefront of a demonstration designed to win votes, but things start to go wrong. Stiggy gets embroiled with Candy in an embarrassing scam.
4. Episode 4
Aired 22 February 1996 • 24 min
David Dashwood is due to make his maiden speech and he's determined to make his mark, despite the attempts of Terry Dunning to restrain him. Then Graham Keegan receives a worrying phone call.
5. Episode 5
Aired 29 February 1996 • 24 min
After Dashwood has made his provocative maiden speech and the knives are out for him... within his own party. Labour whip Graham Keegan has his own problems, and is fighting for his political life.
6. Episode 6
Aired 7 March 1996 • 24 min
Although David is pleasing his constituents, his wife Laura is giving the Westling constituency chairman serious cause for concern.
7. Episode 7
Aired 14 March 1996 • 24 min
Antonia Courtney is giving Terry Dunning difficulties. Will his threat to deport her have the desired effect?
8. Episode 8
Aired 21 March 1996 • 24 min
David threatens to force a defeat on the Government, so Terry enlists the help of Fleur to manoeuvre him into an uncompromising position. Will blackmail work on the rebel?
9. Episode 9
Aired 28 March 1996 • 24 min
A break-in at the whip's office gives Terry Dunning a major headache, and Fleur gets taken in for questioning.
10. Episode 10
Aired 4 April 1996 • 24 min
It's the night of the crucial vote and Dashwood is determined to vote with the opposition - can he bring down the government?