 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!".