Last Rights is a British three part mini-series, which first aired on Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 on 24 March 2005.

Plot

It is set in the year 2009 in a Britain where voter apathy

Voter apathy

In politics, voter apathy is a term used to describe a perceived apathy among voters in an election. Voter apathy is often cited as a cause of low turnout among eligible voters....

 is at an all time high and a new political party (The Democratic Consensus Party) has just been voted into office. Tariq (described as a young tearaway) steals a laptop

Laptop

A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...

, not suspecting that it belongs to the head of the DCP, John Spears. His friend, Max, starts to worry when his friend subsequently vanishes.

Cast

• Richard Wheeler - Charles Dance
  Charles Dance
  Walter Charles Dance, OBE is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown , Dr Clemens, the doctor of penitentiary Fury 161, who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante in Alien 3 ,...
  
  
• Melissa Wheeler - Kiera Malik
• John Spears - Philip Glenister
  Philip Glenister
  Philip Haywood Glenister is an English actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes.-Television and films:...
  
  
• Max - Ashley Walters

External links

• Last Rights at Channel4.com