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Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe are skint.

Spin doctors Prentiss and McCabe are skint. Mark Tavener's political comedy with Stephen Fry and John Bird. From January 2000.

Having left the BBC, Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe embark on a new career as spin doctors in the world of government and media relations. 

They’re visited by the Chairman of the Conservative Party, who offers to establish them on the road to solvency...

Mark Tavener's political comedy staring Stephen Fry and John Bird.

Charles Prentiss    ......    Stephen Fry
Martin McCabe    ......    John Bird

With:

Jeremy Clyde
Tony Gardner 
Simon Greenall 
Siobhan Hayes
Martin Hyder  

Producer: Paul Schlesinger 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2000.

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