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Former prime minister Tony Blair is portrayed as a convicted war
criminal in a docu-drama, The Trials of Tony Blair, to be shown on
Channel 4 next month. The success of Mentorn Productions’ Baftawinning
A Very Social Secretary, about David Blunkett’s affair with
Kimberly Quinn, prompted the broadcaster to commission this
potentially even more controversial drama.
Mentorn is part of TV Corp, which was bought by UK media minnow
Tinopolis (TIN:AIM) in January, more than doubling its size. Broker
Panmure Gordon expects Tinopolis to almost double its earnings per
share to 2.1p this year and again to 3.9p next year.
The shares have risen 10% since full-year results were issued last
week. In the futuristic show, Blair, played by Robert Lindsay, is convicted
of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal in the Hague in
2010, stemming from his actions as prime minister over the Iraq
invasion in 2003.