List of fictional prime ministers of the United Kingdom

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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[]

Real people on this list are marked:dagger

Prime Minister Work Medium Year(s) Actor Notes Ref.
David Love Actually Film 2003 Hugh Grant [1][2][3][4][5]
Atwood SAS: Red Notice Film 2021 Ray Panthaki
Alan B'Stard The New Statesman Television 1992 Rik Mayall In the final episode "The Irresistible Rise of Alan B'Stard", he became an extra-parliamentary Prime Minister as he did not contest a seat during the general election called over British membership of the European Economic Community. When his deputy leader Paddy O'Rourke suggested that he rather than B'Stard would become Prime Minister as a result, B'Stard briefly considered adopting the title of Lord Protector as a workaround. [1][2]
Baldrick Blackadder: Back & Forth Short film 1999 Tony Robinson After accidentally constructing a working time machine designed by Leonardo da Vinci so that his master Lord Blackadder could win £30,000 in a New Year's prank-cum-bet, Baldrick became the puppet Prime Minister to Edmund III of the United Kingdom after they used the time machine to manipulate history for their benefit. [1][6]
Lord Beaverbrookdagger Dominion Novel 2012 [7]
Lord Bellinger The Adventure of the Second Stain Short story 1904 Collected in The Return of Sherlock Holmes [8]
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Film 1922 Cecil Ward Episode: "The Second Stain" [9]
Sherlock Holmes Television 1951 J. Leslie Frith Episode: "The Second Stain" [10]
Sherlock Holmes Television 1968 Cecil Parker Episode: "The Second Stain" [11]
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Television 1986 Harry Andrews Episode: "The Second Stain" [12]
Isambard Kingdom Brunel dagger The Difference Engine Novel 1990 Succeeds Lord Byron [13]
Lord Byron dagger The Difference Engine Novel 1990 Dies in office [13]
Michael Callow Black Mirror Television 2011 Rory Kinnear Episode: "The National Anthem" [1][2][4]
Mortimer Chris Whoops Apocalypse Film 1986 Peter Cook [3][5]
Gladraeli Clampvulture Bleak Expectations Radio 2012 Geoffrey Whitehead In the Series 5 finale "A Loved-Up Life Potentially Totally Annihilated", he refused to assist Pip Bin in foiling Mr Benevolent's plan to destroy the universe until learning that doing so would be a 'huge vote winner'. He dies after an enraged Pip throws him into Benevolent's Universe Destroying Device. [6]
Leighton Clarkson London Has Fallen Film 2016 Guy Williams [14]
Adam Cornwell Red Election Television 2021 James D'Arcy [15]
Mr Daubeny Phineas Redux Novel 1873 [16][17]
Alastair Davies 24: Live Another Day Television 2014 Stephen Fry Composite of David Cameron and Boris Johnson [1][2]
Tom Dawkins Secret State Television 2012 Gabriel Byrne Formerly the Deputy Prime Minister to Charles Flyte, he succeeded Flyte after his death in a plane crash. After discovering a plot to engineer a war against Iran, he calls a vote of no confidence against his own government. [18]
Hector d'Estrange Gloriana, or the Revolution of 1900 Novel 1890 Character is a pseudonym of Gloria De Lara [19][20]
Tristan Evans King Charles III Film 2017 Adam James [21]
Endymion Ferrars Endymion Novel 1880 [22]
John Finnemore dagger John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme Radio 2012 John Finnemore During the series' Edinburgh Fringe special, one sketch saw Finnemore, who liked cats and dogs equally, installed as a puppet Prime Minister leading a uneasy coalition government to end a civil war between cat-owners and dog-owners.
Charles Flyte Secret State Television 2012 Tobias Menzies
Brian Green Torchwood: Children of Earth Television 2009 Nicholas Farrell [23]
Mr Gresham Phineas Redux Novel 1873 [16]
Jim Hacker Yes, Prime Minister Television 1986–1988 Paul Eddington Previously the Minister for Administrative Affairs and the Chairman of his (unidentified) party, Hacker became Prime Minister in Party Games after the surprise retirement of his predecessor. Hacker positioned himself as a compromise candidate after learning that the Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer (the likely successors following the Home Secretary's resignation due to drunk-driving) were seriously compromised. [1][4][6]
Yes, Prime Minister Television 2013 David Haig [24]
Lord Halifaxdagger The Afrika Reich Novel 2011 [25]
Dominion Novel 2012 [26]
The Madagaskar Plan Novel 2015 [27]
John Hatcher Doomsday Film 2008 Alexander Siddig [28]
James Jaspers Comics Character in Marvel Universe [6]
Harriet Jones Doctor Who Television 2005 Penelope Wilton Episode: "The Christmas Invasion" [1][6][2]
Adam Lang The Ghost Writer Film 2010 Pierce Brosnan Based on Tony Blair [2][3]
Charlie Lynton In the Presence of Mine Enemies Novel 2003 Based on Tony Blair
Arthur Lytton Seven Days to Noon Film 1950 Ronald Adam [14][5]
David MacAdam The Kidnapped Prime Minister Short story 1923 Collected in Poirot Investigates [29]
Oswald Mosleydagger The Leader Novel 2003 [30]
Duke of Omnium The Prime Minister Novel 1876 [31]
Gwen Oxlade Henry IX Television 2017 Pippa Haywood [32]
Jo Patterson Doctor Who Television 2021 Harriet Walter Episode: "Revolution of the Daleks" [33]
Harry Perkins A Very British Coup Novel 1982 [6]
A Very British Coup Television 1988 Ray McAnally [34]
Mrs Plumber The Third World War Novel 1978 Based on Margaret Thatcher [35][36]
Kevin Pork Whoops Apocalypse Television 1982 Peter Jones
Rosamund Jane Pritchard The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Television 2006 Jane Horrocks [2][34]
Michael Rimmer The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer Film 1970 Peter Cook [37]
Vivienne Rook Years and Years Television 2019 Emma Thompson [38]
Harold Saxon Doctor Who Television 2007 John Simm Episode: "The Sound of Drums" [1]
Sackville Somerset The Adventure of the Lost Holiday Short story 1945 Collected in "In Re: Sherlock Holmes"—The Adventures of Solar Pons
Peter St John Zenith Comics 1987–2000 [6]
Michael Stevens Little Britain Television 2003 Anthony Head [6][4]
Reginald Stevens No Love for Johnnie Novel 1959 [6]
No Love for Johnnie Film 1961 Geoffrey Keen [6]
Robert Sutherland Cobra Television 2020 Robert Carlyle [39]
Adam Sutler V for Vendetta Film 2006 John Hurt [3]
Henry Tobin Party's Over Radio 2019 Miles Jupp Depicted as the former Prime Minister, the series is set in the aftermath of his disastrous eight-month-long premiership which ended after a landslide defeat and the loss of his own seat in a snap general election. [40]
Francis Urquhart To Play the King Novel 1993 [41]
To Play the King Television 1993 Ian Richardson [41]
The Final Cut Novel 1995 [41]
The Final Cut Television 1995 Ian Richardson [41]
John Vosler Bodyguard Television 2018 David Westhead [14]
Sidney Wilton Endymion Novel 1880 [42]
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 SS-GB Novel 1978 Puppet Prime Minister controlled by the Nazis.
Unnamed Stormbreaker Novel 2000 [43]
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 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Film 2015 Tom Hollander
Unnamed Pixels Film 2015 Fiona Shaw
Unnamed Mr Stink Novel 2009 [44]
Dave Mr Stink TV Film 2012 David Walliams David Walliams is the author of the original novel. [45]
Unnamed Damage Film 1992 Tony Doyle [5]
Unnamed Poirot Television 1990 Henry Moxon Episode: "The Kidnapped Prime Minister" [46]
Unnamed ICE TV Film 2011 Simon Callow [47]

See also[]

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