Party leaders 'pose' for cameras

Michael Howard leans back on a sofa, camera raised. His wife, wearing a red mini skirt, poses seductively for him.

Meanwhile, Tony Blair stares at his watch, clearly impatient, as the Queen scrambles around the floor of Buckingham Palace on her hands and knees. A corgi looks on.

Welcome to the election world of Alison Jackson, the Bafta award-winning director whose brilliant use of lookalikes offers a scurrilous, alternative insight into the private lives of the rich and famous. Tonight she turns her fire on the politicians.

The Blair-Brown love-in that has dominated the month-long general election campaign is exposed as a sham.

Their hostility towards each other is played out behind closed doors, with Blair flicking his Chancellor a two-fingered salute in the privacy of Downing Street. Brown reciprocates, giving his V-sign behind his leader's back.

John Prescott is filmed enjoying one drink too many at the back of an election bus, cuddling up to wife Pauline who also appears the worse for wear.

After his punch-throwing antics in 2001, this may be Prezza's finest outing in the 2005 campaign

Is there any truth in all this? Is Alison Jackson thinking what we're thinking?

The Secret Election is broadcast tonight on Channel 4 at 11.50pm.