The Trial of Tony Blair
I've just watched the Trial of Tony Blair, broadcast on Channel 4 this evening.
It was alright. I certainly didn't think it was as bad as Clive Davis makes out:
I've just watched 25 minutes of The Trial of Tony Blair. Pathetic, truly pathetic. I couldn't bear to sit through any more, so I'll just have to read the morning papers to see if the script improved later on. How the production team must have chortled when they sat around reading those oh so funny lines about New Labour's warmonger-in-chief.
If I were Robert Lindsay, I'd be having a sleepless night tonight.
True, some of the script was a bit OTT. The scriptwriters could either choose to have a fairly plausible, factual account of a legacy-obsessed Tony Blair betrayed by Prime Minister Brown on trial for war crimes, or they could go for something outrageous but humourous. They plumped for the latter. Some of the funniest lines, like the sergeant in the police station telling a fussy, recently-arrested Blair, "We didn't have this problem with Lord Levy", just don't score well on the reality front. The script seems, well, scripted for the Blair-haters who want to cheer on as Robert Lindsay is extradicted to the Hague.
I'm glad I saw it though; Alexander Armstrong as David Cameron was particularly entertaining, even if the satire for him was not exactly original - the cyclist with chauffer behind him, who wears an open-necked shirt and is "down with da kids" (Still true though). In fact all the acting was superb - despite the overblown script, all parts were prevented from being mere caricatures.
Not that what was depicted could ever happen. Could it.....?
Cory
