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TV Adaptation
of First Among Equals
First televised 1986
Jeffrey's fifth novel was made into a10-part ITV/Granada
drama series in 1986.
From 30/09/86 to 02/12/86, viewers followed
20 years in the careers of four aspiring MPs, played by Jeremy
Child, David Robb, Tom Wilkinson and James Faulkner, one of whom
would finally achieve his dream of becoming Prime Minister. John
Gorrie and Sarah Harding directed; music by Richard Harvey.
An interesting bit of trivia: The TV adaptation
featured parts of the town of Bolton in the UK as substitute settings
for the Kremlin.
Produced
by Mervyn Watson for Granada Television, First Among Equals strives
for, and generally attains, the slickness of a Dallas or Dynasty.
Even the opening credits are done in a style paying obvious homage
to the American prime-time soaps.
--
from a review
in The New York Times
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