- Country: UK
- Genres: Comedy
- Release: 2016-01-20
- Director: Peter Richardson
- Writers: Peter Richardson , Pete Richens , Brigit Grant
- Language: English
- Stars: Maxine Peake , Russell Tovey , Stephen Mangan , Johnny Vegas , Harry Enfield , Nigel Planer , Eleanor Matsuura , Dominic Tighe , Mark Williams , James Buckley
- Runtime: 52 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Redtop (United Kingdom)
- Plot: Flame-haired Rebekah Brooks hitch-hikes from Warrington to London where media tycoon Rupert Murdoch immediately makes her CEO of tabloid paper The Sun, edited by Andy Coulson - affording her absolute power. As such there are no depths to which she will not sink to publish scurrilous exposes of the famous, whilst at the same time politician David Cameron crawls to Murdoch and his ferocious wife Wendi to be made prime minister. When Buckingham Palace complains about phone tapping Coulson finds a scapegoat - to the outrage of Guardian editor Alan Rusberger. Key muck-raker is the shabby Johnny Bristol but after Coulson goes too far, causing a suicide, he turns whistle blower on the Sun's phone tapping exploits. The red top is now under threat but , hey, this is the 70s after all (yes!) and whoever else she sacrifices, be it Rusberger, Coulson or actor husband Ross Kemp, Rebekah knows that she Will Survive.
- IMDB:tt5338066
Comic Strip Presents RED TOP Cast · · · ALL
Peter Richardson
Director
Maxine Peake
Rebekah Brooks
Russell Tovey
Andy Coulson
Stephen Mangan
Tony Blair
Johnny Vegas
Johnny
Harry Enfield
Ross Kemp
Nigel Planer
Rupert Murdoch
Eleanor Matsuura
Wendi Deng
Dominic Tighe
David Cameron
Mark Williams
Police Commissioner Hamish Pritchard
James Buckley
Blitzy
Alexei Sayle
Colin Goodman
Catherine Shepherd
Julie
John Sessions
The Accountant
Lewis Macleod
Alan Russberger
Steven O’Donnell
(I)
Raffle
Sadie Tonks
Samantha Cameron
Chris Devlin
Lorry Driver
Bevis Taylor
Undercover Cop
Willow De La Roche
News Reporter
Nick Smith
Murdoch's Butler
Jon Ian Dredge
Sun Newspaper Worker
Ben Gilbert
Terry
André Jacquemin
Voice of Photographer
Peter Richardson
Bob Harris