A Prince Among Men

TV Series
1997–1998
30m

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Chris Barrie, Tim Bentinck, Susie Blake, Francesca Hunt, Cliff Parisi, Samantha Power, and Bryan Pringle in A Prince Among Men (1997)

The self-centred, egocentric Gary Prince, the man who always knows he is right, has successfully converted his career as a famous, popular England international football star into a business... Read allThe self-centred, egocentric Gary Prince, the man who always knows he is right, has successfully converted his career as a famous, popular England international football star into a business and financial entrepreneur. His next more difficult challenge is to convert this new foun... Read allThe self-centred, egocentric Gary Prince, the man who always knows he is right, has successfully converted his career as a famous, popular England international football star into a business and financial entrepreneur. His next more difficult challenge is to convert this new found success into a knighthood much to the annoyance of his long suffering wife and employees... Read all

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Chris Barrie

Gary Prince

• 1997–1998

Francesca Hunt

Lisel Prince

• 1997–1998

Susie Blake

Beverley Baker

• 1997–1998

Samantha Power

Sonia Trent

• 1997–1998

Tim Bentinck

Mark Fitzherbert

• 1997–1998

Bryan Pringle

Vince Hibbert

• 1997–1998

Cliff Parisi

Dave Perry

• 1997–1998

James Anthony Marshall

Security Guard

• 1997–1998

Christopher Godwin

Professor Charlesworth

• 1997

David Williams

Mr. Berry

• 1997

Jimmy Nickerson

Estate Agent

• 1997

Richard McCabe

Tubby McFinnon

• 1997

Carole Copeland

• 1997

Jonathan Owen

John the Murderer

• 1997

Heather-Jay Jones

Katie Andrews

• 1998

Michael Matus

Nick Younger

• 1998

Stuart Hall

Awards Presenter

• 1998

Sandra Tucker

Reporter

• 1998

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1alex-1928

Awful, truly Awful

I was just lying on my bed thinking of things to do today and I remembered this Sitcom. I watched several episodes not because it was in the least bit funny, I just could not believe how bad it was! Chris Barrie was truly brilliant in red Dwarf and Brittas, this really must have been the low point of his career, not one scene had the slightest glimmer of humor. This sitcom is best buried forever or used to torture criminals or something. The only TV series I can compare it with was a series called "Trouble and Strife". That is the only other one I can ever think of totally devoid of any humor. That was canned after one series also.

simfelemy

A Dunce Among Sit-Coms

Oh dear, what a come-down. Yes, it's still half-smile, maybe a slight grin funny, but nowhere near the Frank Spencer-ness of "Brittas" or the genius of "Red Dwarf". To be fair, both those sit-coms, whilst favourites of this reviewer, ran long enough to encounter very bad patches, whereas (thankfully!) "Prince" lasted but 2 years. Chris Barrie displays his talent for accents with his "comedy Scouse footballer" voice here but the character is nowhere near as interesting as Brittas or Rimmer. I'd love to re-watch this soon, a DVD release would be welcome, but otherwise just a blip in the career of a talented comedian.

Muncher-2

pretty bad, but..

A prince among men is not a good television show. The Brittas Empire is.

I think it's highly unfair to say that they are on the same level - the basic problem I found with A Prince Among Men was that it was exceedingly boring. I can sit through a lot of things, and I love British television - but I watched it for a solid 5 minutes, determined that because it had Chris Barrie in it, that it might get better - but it didn't. To be honest, I'm a little ashamed of our young Chris, but I guess you have to put bread on the table in between seasons of Red Dwarf. But The Brittas Empire on the other hand, as annoying as he is, keeps you on your toes and there it at least something going on. So, in short - I highly recommend against this show, but at least give The Brittas Empire a try, it's not as bad as the other fellow would have you to believe.