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The National Anthem

Episode aired Dec 4, 2011
TV-MA
44m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

55K

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Drama Mystery Sci-Fi

Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.

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Lindsay Duncan, Tom Goodman-Hill, Donald Sumpter, Patrick Kennedy, and Rory Kinnear in Black Mirror (2011)

Johann Myers, Alex Macqueen, and Justin Edwards in Black Mirror (2011)

Anna Wilson-Jones and Rory Kinnear in Black Mirror (2011)

Anna Wilson-Jones in Black Mirror (2011)

Lindsay Duncan and Rory Kinnear in Black Mirror (2011)

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Trivia
This episode became the subject of discussion when, in September 2015, then-current Prime Minister David Cameron was alleged to have placed his penis into the mouth of a dead pig as part of a university initiation rite (with even some of the hashtags seen in this episode being used).

Goofs
In the opening scene, a telephone rings with the single tone used in North America; British phones ring with a double tone.

Quotes
Malaika: It's like 911's happened, and we're broadcasting sandwich recipes.
Pike: We're not a chat room.
Jack: [entering] It's on CNN. And Fox. And MSNBC, Al Jazeera, NHK...
Pike: All right! Oh, God, this planet!

Connections
Featured in Screenwipe: 2015 Wipe (2015)

Soundtracks
Organum
By Max Richter
From "The Blue Notebooks"

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8/10

The psych of a human

Well it's astonishing all the negative review. And yet they watched it all to the end. And that's what this episode is about. We humans feel drawn to the forbidden, the unspeakable. And this episode just showed that. It's not a masterpiece of filming. But the story catches the humane nature perfectly. What happens when you pass an accident? yea right...you don't look??? seriously? We all look and try to get a glimpse. We just can't help ourselves. We are a race with a high curiosity level.

So in that respect... it is an episode to look deep down in ourselves and find out if we can be honest with ourselves.

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