In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
Derek Jacobi
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
Phyllida Law
as Lucia Pinochet
Peter Capaldi
as Andy McEntee
Anna Massey
as Baroness Thatcher
Yolanda Vazquez
as Nicole Drouilly
Daniel Cerqueira
as Victor Jobim
Jessica Hynes
as WPC Broughton
Pip Torrens
as Michael Caplan
Tim McMullan
as Di Parfrey
Susan Wooldridge
as Pam Harris
Michael Maloney
as Jack Straw
Gethin Anthony
as William Straw
