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Tory Women

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired 11/24/03

Episode Summary

How does one go about re-launching a junior shadow spokeswoman who has been marginalised in the Tory party? ''''She referred to her leader as "pork bum" and her last ditch attempt to stay in the mainstream of politics is to sponsor a 'Right To Retire' campaign. ''''The politician in question is 'spokes-bore', Joanne Standing, shadow spokeswoman for work and pensions. ''''Charles reluctantly takes on her campaign which seems to promise little in the way of glamour, or more importantly, money. ''''It's just another bad day at the office but when Charles starts to sprinkle some of his magic dust the consequences are unpredictably successful.''''Elsewhere Martin believes he's in danger of serious physical assault from an irate celebrity chef, whose latest restaurant opening night Martin has managed to cock up.moreless

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Stephen Fry

Charles Prentiss
John Bird

Martin McCabe
Sally Bretton

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- The Whiteboard subject and list this episode: Sex-Up List- Potential Clients: Andrew Lloyd Webber The Shipping Forecast Madonna Andrew Gilligan Cbeebies Suffolk Mark Lawson The colour Brown The Catholic Church-Too Late? Anne Robinson-Keep It Real! Pie & Mash Prison Switzerland Sex What's extra fun is Mark Lawson is the creator of the series! Edit
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- Slogans for the campaign: Take One: Old Age- Don't Knock It Til You've Tried It. Take Two: Old Age- They're Killing Us Edit
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- Martin: Old people have rights, too. Charles: They don't have the right to make my life intolerable, yes? Edit
- Charles: Psychotic celebrity chef wants to masserate your head? Martin: Sort of thing. Nick: He did learn to cook in prison. Edit
- Charles: (about Jamie's absence) Why? Allison: (smiles)Because I have a magnum of champagne that's looking for a dark, moist hiding place. Charles: (brief pause) Right. Edit
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- Charles: (to Joanne) So you've offended your Fuhrer?--refers, in most minds to Hitler, a tyrannical dictator. "Fuhrer" does mean "tyrant" but also just plain "leader." Edit
- Jamie: I'm jacking into the Matrix...--refers to the movie trilogy of that name, that refers to the cyberworld people believe is real, as "The Matrix." Edit