Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company (or 'government-media relations consultancy') in London, run by Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), and Martin McCabe (John Bird).

It started in 2000 as a Radio series on BBC Radio 4, with the fourth and final series (to date) broadcast in 2004. A six part television series ran on BBC Two, towards the end of 2003; the second six-episode television series ran on BBC2 on Thursdays at 10 p.m. from 21st July - 25th August 2005. A one-off radio episode was broadcast on 3rd November 2006.

Its name is taken from a quote by the historian Lord Acton that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Absolute Power is a 1997 political thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. It is based on the 1996 novel of the same name written by David Baldacci.

With spin doctors ery much in the spotlight of late, this TV adaption of the BBC radio series could hardly have picked a better time to rear its head. The show centres around the workings of Prentiss McCabe, a PR agency whose offices play host to a succession of minor celebrities, politicians and high-up businessmen who all need photo-shoots arranging and soundbites composing. Ethics are not a priority; the firm's staff will lie, cheat and possibly steal as long as it makes their clients look good. Written by Richard Smeltzer

Comedy set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company in London's Soho, run by Charles Prentiss, and Martin McCabe. It has been created by Mark Tavener and is based on his earlier satirical radio shows like 'In the Red'. 'Absolute Power' started in 2000 as a Radio series on BBC Radio 4. In 2003 it became a television series. The staff of Prentiss McCabe consists besides Fry and Bird of Jamie Front, Alison Jackman, Cat Durnford and Nick Mayer. While Jamie is a brilliant liar and naturally devious, Alison is very intelligent but too honest. Charles Prentiss said of her, "Most of the young people here at Prentiss McCabe don't know their arse from their elbow, but with Alison you know she'll join the Royal Arse Society and get a book about elbows from the library." Cat is a young party girl and Nick Charles' PA. Notable cameo roles have included: Fern Britton, Angus Deayton, Huw Edwards, Gareth Hunt, Mark Lawson, Dermot Murnaghan, Anneka Rice, Phillip Schofield, Ray Stubbs, Anthea Turner, Kirsty Wark. Absolute Power was a big success, mainly due to good acting and very funny story lines. It is compared to other shows like "Yes, Minister!". Written by Adrian Healey

Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? The Secret Service is determined to keep him quiet, but catching a thief isn't always easy. Written by Kristie Murray

Luther Whitney is a professional thief, who only works occasionally. He is planning what is suppose to be his last job, and everything is going smoothly until some come in before he can leave. He hides in a secret room and from behind a one-way mirror sees that it's the wife of the owner of the house he is robbing and another man. They are fooling around when the guy decides to liven things up by striking her, she get away but he corners her, she then grabs a letter opener and is about to stab him when he cries out for help when two men come in and shoot her dead. It seems that the man is Alan Richmond, the President of the United States and the two men are the secret service agents assigned to him. Later, a woman, Gloria Russell, who is his Chief of Staff enters and upon learning of what has happened, decides to cover it up and make it appear that she was killed by a burglar. After sanitizing the room, they are about to leave but they forget the letter opener, Whitney comes out of the room and takes it and makes his getaway but when they returned for the letter opener they discover Whitney and chase him but he gets away. The police investigate the murder and there are so many inconsistencies, which makes the investigator, Seth Frank suspect that something is going on. Frank then discovers that Whitney is a possible suspect but the only thing is that he doesn't believe that Whitney is a killer. Whitney tries to leave town but when he learns just how corrupt and amoral Richmond is he decides to play mind games with him and the others. Richmond, at the same time, tells them that Whitney must be silenced permanently. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com