Last Rights is a British television political thriller drama, written by Clive Bradley and directed by Bill Anderson, which first aired on Channel 4.

[1] Despite the subject matter, all three episodes were broadcast back-to-back from 9 am on 24 March 2005, as part of a strand of programming aired towards the run-up to the 2005 UK General Election.

[2] The series stars Philip Glenister as John Speers, a spin-doctor and right-hand man to the newly elected prime minister, Richard Wheeler (Charles Dance), who tries to prevent the leak of potentially sensitive confidential information when his laptop is stolen by a young tearaway.

John Speers panics when just days after being appointed as Wheeler's right-hand-man and spin-doctor, his laptop is stolen by Tariq, a young tearaway.

Max finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous world of corruption and political conspiracy as he goes in search of his missing friend.