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* NobleDemon: His actual goal borders on being diabolical, although, disturbingly, he's right about ''everything''. He wants the PM to ''rape a pig'' on live television, in front of the whole nation...but he barely committed any violence himself. Despite posing as a fearsome terrorist cell, he [[spoiler:didn't even cut off Susannah's finger; he cut off his own and then committed suicide after releasing her, completely unharmed.]]
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*MadArtist: He tricks the Prime Minister into raping a pig [[spoiler:to make a point about society's obsession with television, shock and degradation.]]
* NobleDemon: His actual goal borders on being diabolical, although, disturbingly, he's right about ''everything''. He wants the PM to ''rape a pig'' on live television, in front of the whole nation... but he barely committed any violence himself. Despite posing as a fearsome terrorist cell, he [[spoiler:didn't even cut off Susannah's finger; he cut off his own and then committed suicide after releasing her, completely unharmed.]]
* NobleDemon: His actual goal borders on being diabolical, although, disturbingly, he's right about ''everything''. He wants the PM to ''rape a pig'' on live television, in front of the whole nation... but he barely committed any violence himself. Despite posing as a fearsome terrorist cell, he [[spoiler:didn't even cut off Susannah's finger; he cut off his own and then committed suicide after releasing her, completely unharmed.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: After being coerced into having sex with the pig on live television, it's eventually revealed that the princess was released half an hour before the designated time of the broadcast. Had the public been more observant and the authorities more vigilant, Callow wouldn't have needed to do it.]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Blaming her husband for having sex with a pig, even though he had basically no say in that makes her more than qualify! Despite being explicity told what the stakes are, she keeps complaining and crying Karenilly throughout the story.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Blaming her husband for having sex with a pig, even though he had basically no say in that makes her more than qualify! Despite being explicity told what the stakes are, she keeps complaining and crying Karenilly throughout the story.
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* DistressedDamsel: She spends most of the episode in captivity.
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* DistressedDamsel: DamselInDistress: She spends most of the episode in captivity.
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* {{Jerkass}}: See above & below.Blaming her husband for having sex with a pig, even though he had basically no say in that makes her more than qualify! Despite being explicity told what the stakes are, she keeps complaining and crying Karenilly throughout the story.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is very evidently at least partly based on UsefulNotes/DavidCameron.
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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: See above & below.
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* BreakTheHaughty: A minor example. He's kind of shallow and power-hungry, but other than that, he's just kind of an arrogant politician. By the end, though, he's an absolute shell of himself.
* BreakTheHaughty: A minor example. He's kind of shallow and power-hungry, but other than that, he's just kind of an arrogant politician. By the end, though, he's an absolute shell of himself.
* MeaningfulName: Callow is kind of a typical superficial politician...i.e. callow.
* StepfordSmiler: By the end he is this in a big way.
* JustFollowingOrders: She invokes this fiercely to get Callow to agree to having sex with the pig.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: As Callow's second-in-command and a tough female politician.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Although it's ultimately Callow who goes through with it, she is the first to invoke this trope with him to push him into doing it.
* WetBlanketWife: Look at these tropes. Essentially, all she does the whole episode is complain, cry, and refuse to help Michael even as an emotional support.
* PrincessClassic: She is deliberately a perfect invocation of this trope. It's never made clear how much she actually is this, because we don't learn anything about her outside of her media image.
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* TheGhost: He is never fully seen. Only part of his body is visible when he is [[spoiler:hanging, having committed suicide.]]
* HarmlessVillain: One of the most truly extreme examples...ever. If it wasn't for the extreme darkness of his actual plot, he'd be PeekABogeyman. [[spoiler:He released Susannah just before the pig video, so her life was never actually at stake; while he kidnapped her, she was drugged the whole time and had no memory of it; he ''cut his own finger off'' rather than hurting her. However, this is his point: ''he'' did nothing worse (from a certain perspective) than the audience or Callow did.]]
* NobleDemon: His actual goal borders on being diabolical, although, disturbingly, he's right about ''everything''. He wants the PM to ''rape a pig'' on live television, in front of the whole nation...but he barely committed any violence himself. Despite posing as a fearsome terrorist cell, he [[spoiler:didn't even cut off Susannah's finger; he cut off his own and then committed suicide after releasing her, completely unharmed.]]
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* Jerkass See above & below.
* NoSympathy: [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Acts as though the whole incident was Callow's fault even though the had no control over the situation.]] A year after he was [[RapeAsDrama forced to go through with the demand]]she refuses to speak to him in private, wanting nothing more to do with him.
* NoSympathy: [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Acts as though the whole incident was Callow's fault even though the had no control over the situation.]] A year after he was [[RapeAsDrama forced to go through with the demand]]she refuses to speak to him in private, wanting nothing more to do with him.
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* Jerkass Jerkass: See above & below.
* NoSympathy: [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Acts as though the whole incident wasCallow's her husband's fault even though the he had no control over the situation.]] A year after he was [[RapeAsDrama forced to go through with the demand]]she demand]] she refuses to speak to him in private, wanting nothing more to do with him.
* NoSympathy: [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Acts as though the whole incident was
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* ItsAllAboutMe: When the kidnapper's humiliating demand is made, she's more upset about the people mocking her on social media and her own reputation being ruined than she is concerned about her husband's well being, despite what [[SexualExtortion he's facing.]]
* Jerkass See above & below.
* NoSympathy: [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Acts as though the whole incident was Callow's fault even though the had no control over the situation.]] A year after he was [[RapeAsDrama forced to go through with the demand]]she refuses to speak to him in private, wanting nothing more to do with him.
* Jerkass See above & below.
* NoSympathy: [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming Acts as though the whole incident was Callow's fault even though the had no control over the situation.]] A year after he was [[RapeAsDrama forced to go through with the demand]]she refuses to speak to him in private, wanting nothing more to do with him.
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[[folder:Michael Callow]]
!!Prime Minister Michael Callow
->'''Portrayed By:''' Rory Kinnear
* HappyMarriageCharade: [[spoiler:By the end of the whole sordid incident, Callow and his wife present themselves as happily married to the public, but in private it's clear that their relationship is ruined.]]
* NoPartyGiven: His political party is never stated.
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:He's ultimately forced to go through with the kidnapper's demands, and despite the ridiculous nature of the demand, the act itself is portrayed as the sick violation that it is.]]
* SlaveToPR: Played for drama. If Callow doesn't go through with the kidnapper's demand, Susannah will be killed and the public will blame ''him''.
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[[folder:Alex Cairns]]
!!Home Secretary Alex Cairns
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lindsay Duncan
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[[folder:Julian Hereford]]
!!Julian Hereford
->'''Portrayed By:''' Donald Sumpter
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[[folder:Tom Blice]]
!!Tom Blice
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tom Goodman-Hill
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[[folder:Jane Callow]]
!!Jane Callow
->'''Portrayed By:''' Anna Wilson-Jones
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[[folder:Princess Susannah]]
!!Princess Susannah
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lydia Wilson
* DistressedDamsel: She spends most of the episode in captivity.
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[[folder:Carlton Bloom]]
!!Carlton Bloom
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[[folder:Michael Callow]]
!!Prime Minister Michael Callow
->'''Portrayed By:''' Rory Kinnear
* HappyMarriageCharade: [[spoiler:By the end of the whole sordid incident, Callow and his wife present themselves as happily married to the public, but in private it's clear that their relationship is ruined.]]
* NoPartyGiven: His political party is never stated.
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:He's ultimately forced to go through with the kidnapper's demands, and despite the ridiculous nature of the demand, the act itself is portrayed as the sick violation that it is.]]
* SlaveToPR: Played for drama. If Callow doesn't go through with the kidnapper's demand, Susannah will be killed and the public will blame ''him''.
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[[folder:Alex Cairns]]
!!Home Secretary Alex Cairns
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lindsay Duncan
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[[folder:Julian Hereford]]
!!Julian Hereford
->'''Portrayed By:''' Donald Sumpter
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[[folder:Tom Blice]]
!!Tom Blice
->'''Portrayed By:''' Tom Goodman-Hill
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[[folder:Jane Callow]]
!!Jane Callow
->'''Portrayed By:''' Anna Wilson-Jones
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[[folder:Princess Susannah]]
!!Princess Susannah
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lydia Wilson
* DistressedDamsel: She spends most of the episode in captivity.
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[[folder:Carlton Bloom]]
!!Carlton Bloom
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