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The Best Episodes of Absolute Power Season 2

Every episode of Absolute Power Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Absolute Power Season 2!

Stephen Fry and John Bird star as spin doctors Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe as they bring the popular and satirical Radio 4 comedy Absolute...
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Identity Crisis" is the best rated episode of "Absolute Power" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Tristram Shapeero and written by N/A, it aired on 7/21/2005. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Trial".

  • Identity Crisis
    7.7/1019 votes

    #1 - Identity Crisis

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/21/2005

    The staff of Prentiss MacCabe are worried their phones are being bugged. Charles and Martin have a meeting with their client, the home secretary. The government want to introduce the unpopular identity card and are in desperate need of a PR agency.

    Director: Tristram Shapeero

    Writer: N/A

  • The Trial
    7.5/1017 votes

    #2 - The Trial

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/28/2005

    Poor Charles finds himself in the dock, after one of Prentis MaCabe's old clients has a fit of conscience and decides to do the worst thing a client can do. He tells the truth about one of Charles' lies, after becoming a christian and repenting.

    Director: Tristram Shapeero

    Writer: N/A

  • Blood Bank
    7.0/1017 votes

    #3 - Blood Bank

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2005

    The team at Prentis McCabe assume thet Charles is in jail for another month, so they prepare to tackle their new client , Artist, Dean Wheelwright (Richard Katz). It is their job to get him to eneter and win the lucrative turner prize for the years beast contribution to art. However he says he does not want to eneter, so they have a problem.

    Director: Tristram Shapeero

    Writer: N/A

  • The Nation's Favourite
    7.3/1020 votes

    #4 - The Nation's Favourite

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/2005

    The firm of Prentiss McCabe are over the moon to hear that Jamie has got them a new Oil sheik client, who wants to buy British Airways. That is until Jamie tells them the client's family name is Rezza Bin-Laden (yes the family of THAT bin Laden ). Charles and Martin are adamant that they don't want him for a client, no matter how rich he is. But finally they are persuaded to have a look at him.

    Director: Tristram Shapeero

    Writer: N/A

  • Spinning America
    8.3/1018 votes

    #5 - Spinning America

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/18/2005

    American fast food sales are down and images of Ronald McDonald are being burned in the streets - could this be linked to Prentiss McCabe's healthy eating campaign? Or is this a backlash of anti-American feeling post-Iraq?Whatever the cause, the Prent

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The House of Lords
    7.9/1014 votes

    #6 - The House of Lords

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/25/2005

    Bugger the House of Lords""; ""Yes, that's exactly the PM's thinking."" The pace of reform in The House of Lords has slowed down, it's still full of the over-privileged, and they keep sending back Government proposals for legislation. So when Charle

    Director: Tristram Shapeero

    Writer: N/A