This isn't a film at all, but a British comedy TV series: "Yes, Minister," which was followed by "Yes, Prime Minister." It was done 25 years ago in Britain and was shown a couple of years later on American public TV. Imagine "The West Wing" transferred to Britain and done as a satirical comedy. Beautiful!

I just found this wonderful web site which I plan to peruse.

I also loved a British miniseries called (if I remember correctly) "A Very British Revolution" – but I am unable to find anything about it on the Internet. Am I remembering the title incorrectly? It was about a radical-Labor leader becoming Prime Minister, and how the Conservatives use dirty tricks to try to undermine him. In some ways it presaged the Clinton impeachment. Totally fiction, but realistic, I thought.

There was another British miniseries whose title totally escapes me—about a totally evil and ruthless Prime Minister, who resembled Richard III.

Then there's the original Richard III, and of course, Macbeth, Julius Caesar…

I can't help but feel the Brits do it better than Americans. (And I'm American myself, in case you didn't know.)

But then there was "Dr. Strangelove."