Goodnight Henry
2022 · 12m · UK
Directed by Isher Sahota
Genres: dark comedy, drama, satire
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, humorous
When the British Prime Minister dies in scandalous circumstances — found with his trousers down on a billiards table — his closest advisor must simultaneously close a crucial trade deal with the French ambassador and keep a sharp-eyed chambermaid from destroying the PM's reputation. A darkly comic three-way power struggle erupts as each character betrays the others in pursuit of personal advantage.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
Dead PM, billiards table, trousers down, frantic farce — Blackadder cosplay with explicit modern UK satire. Could be sharp; could be a Sunday-night Beeb pilot. Verdict: depends entirely on execution I can't verify.
A bawdy Lord Palmerston-inspired political satire with Joseph Marcell and Ryan Gage — the Favourite comparison is invited, though the brevity of the page summary leaves the execution unverifiable. Pleasant on premise.
Joseph Marcell and Ryan Gage in a 12:04 Victorian power-struggle satire — the Palmerston scandal as contemporary corruption commentary is a clean transposition, and the rapid betrayal-cycle structure gives it engine. 2K views is modest so I'm trusting the cast over visible traction.