List of fictional Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

The portrayals of fictional Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom have been either completely fictional figures, or composite figures based on real-life people, or real-life figures who have never been Prime Minister other than in fiction.

List of fictional Prime Ministers
Prime Minister Title Medium Year(s) Actor Notes Ref.
Adam Lang The Ghost Writer Film 2010 Pierce Brosnan [1][2]
Adam Sutler V for Vendetta Film 2006 John Hurt [2]
Alan Beresford B'Stard The New Statesman Television 1992 Rik Mayall Episode: "The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard" [3][1]
Alastair Davies 24: Live Another Day Television 2014 Stephen Fry Composite of David Cameron and Boris Johnson [3][1]
Arthur Lytton Seven Days to Noon Film 1950 Ronald Adam [4][5]
Baldrick Blackadder: Back & Forth Short film 1999 Tony Robinson [3][6]
David Love Actually Film 2003 Hugh Grant [3][1][2][7][5]
Francis Urquhart House of Cards Television 1990 Ian Richardson Based on the 1989 novel by Michael Dobbs [3][6][1]
Gladraeli Clampvulture Bleak Expectations Radio 2007–2012 Geoffrey Whitehead [6]
Harold Saxon Doctor Who Television 2007 John Simm Episode: "The Sound of Drums" [3]
Harriet Jones Doctor Who Television 2005 Penelope Wilton Episode: "The Christmas Invasion" [3][6][1]
Harry Perkins A Very British Coup Novel 1982 [6]
Harry Perkins A Very British Coup Television 1988 Ray McAnally [8]
James Jaspers Comics Character in Marvel Universe [6]
Jim Hacker Yes, Prime Minister Television 1986–1988 Paul Eddington [3][6][7]
John Vosler Bodyguard Television 2018–present David Westhead [4]
Leighton Clarkson London Has Fallen Film 2016 Clarkson Guy Williams [4]
Michael Callow Black Mirror Television 2011 Rory Kinnear Episode: "The National Anthem" [3][1][7]
Michael Stevens Little Britain Television 2003 Anthony Head [6][7]
Mortimer Chris Whoops Apocalypse Film 1986 Peter Cook [2][5]
Peter St John Zenith Comics 1987–2000 [6]
Robert Sutherland Cobra Television 2020 Robert Carlyle [9]
Rosamund Jane Pritchard The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Television 2006 Jane Horrocks [1][8]
Tom Hawkins Secret State Television 2012 Gabriel Byrne [1]
Tristan Evans King Charles III Film 2017 Adam James [10]
Unnamed Lifeforce Film 1985 Peter Porteous [5]
Unnamed North Sea Hijack Film 1980 Faith Brook [5]
Unnamed The Tunnel Film 1935 George Arliss [5]
Unnamed Stormbreaker Film 2006 Robbie Coltrane [5]
Unnamed Percy's Progress Film 1974 Harry H. Corbett [5]
Unnamed Carry On Emmannuelle Film 1978 Robert Dorning [5]
Unnamed Random Harvest Film 1942 Edward Fielding [5]
Unnamed Heavens Above! Film 1963 Colin Gordon [5]
Unnamed Water Film 1985 Maureen Lipman [5]
Unnamed Damage Film 1992 Tony Doyle [5]

See also
  • List of fictional U.S. Vice Presidents
  • List of fictional U.S. Presidential candidates

References
  1. Staff (2 May 2015). "UK Election: The best - and worst - prime ministers from TV and film". Newstalk. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. Wilson, Sean (7 June 2017). "The top UK prime ministers in movies". cineworld.co.uk. Cineworld. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. Crae, Ross (13 July 2016). "The most memorable fictional Prime Ministers". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  4. Staff. "Fictional British Prime Ministers On Screen". cinemaparadiso.co.uk. Cinema Paradiso. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. "Fictional movie prime ministers". Empire Movie Miscellany: Instant Film Buff Status Guaranteed. Ebury Publishing. 2012. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-4481-3291-1.
  6. Rentoul, John (14 June 2019). "The Top 10: Fictional prime ministers". The Independent. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. Lazarus, Susanna (27 January 2014). "Five of the best TV and film Prime Ministers". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. Nikolaidis, Aristotelis (April 2011). "The Unexpected Prime Minister: Politics, Class and Gender in Television Fiction". Parliamentary Affairs. 64 (2): 296–310. doi:10.1093/pa/gsq057.
  9. White, Peter (14 March 2019). "'Once Upon A Time''s Robert Carlyle & 'The Crown''s Victoria Hamilton To Star In British Political Thriller 'Cobra' For Sky". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  10. "BBC Two - King Charles III - Mr. Evans". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
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