BBC 2, 10.30 PM ,50 minutes

CAST :

ADRIAN EDMONDSON ---------- John Major /Coco the clown

PETER RICHARDSON ---------- Defence minister

DAWN FRENCH ---------- Glynis Kinnock

ALEXEI SAYLE ---------- Dad

SUE LLOYD ALLEN ---------- Mum

ROBBIE COLTRANE ---------- Speaker

RIK MAYALL ---------- James Huntington

DOON MACKICHEN ---------- Barbara

JENNIFER SAUNDERS ---------- Margaret Thatcher

NIGEL PLANER ---------- Home secretary

KEITH ALLEN ---------- Foreign Secretary

MARK CAVAN ---------- Tory aide

PHIL CORNWALL ---------- MP with a dog

ROBBIE CARWITHAN ---------- MP for St Albans

JEFF BECK ---------- musical MP

BARNEY SHARPE ---------- Tory MP

THOMAS ARKLIE ---------- Advisor

GRANT EAGLE ---------- Advisor

MITCH MITCHELSON ---------- Mickey Major

JULIAN HOWARTH ---------- Peno

NOSHER POWELL ---------- Johns minder

TONY JAYS ---------- Johns driver

THOMAS HENRY ---------- Archie

PENO LEONE ---------- Maitre D

John Major rises above his humble beginnings as a mediocre clown in a circus family when he sets out to pursue his dream of becoming a Tory bureaucrat and forges a career in the political circus. Torn between two worlds, his life becomes a balancing act. John Major runs away from the circus to become a Tory MP. However, a circus accident neccesitates his recall. Can he juggle  his job of being a circus clown with that of Prime Minister? To give Major a love interest, the part of leader of the (Labour) opposition is not played by Neil Kinnock, but by his wife Glenys Kinnock -watch for their sizzling love scenes! The credits show that the original music for this episode was co-written by Spider Webb, one of the members of Bad News

QUOTES:

John Major's Dad: You're useless. You can't juggle, you can't ride a horse, you're no good on the highwire 'cause you're afraid of heights. The elephants all hate you. You can't throw a knife, you can't breath fire. We can't even fire you out of a cannon without you getting a nosebleed or screaming that you've gone deaf. You've got absolutely no circus skills whatsoever. You're a failure and a disgrace to our ancient circus family. You're good for nothing John Major.

Major: For years I had secretly dreamed of working in a bank or a tax office. So I headed vaguely in the direction of the city. Already I was entering an enchanting world of stationery and office equipment. This was my Disneyland! Binders, A4 filing, A2 and A6, receipt books and rulers and propelling pencils, calculators.....