Number 10
Drama series about the private lives of seven British prime ministers who lived in Number 10 Downing Street between the 1780s and the 1920s: William Pitt the Younger, the Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), Benjamin Disraeli, William Ewart Gladstone, David Lloyd-George, Herbert Henry Asquith and James Ramsay MacDonald.
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Season 1
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E1
Old Glad Eyes
Whilst Englishmen were being murdered in Dublin, the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, was being tailed by police around London's brothels.
Feb 13, 1983 -
2
E2
Underdog
The first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.
Feb 20, 1983 -
3
E3
A Woman of Style
During the First World War, while the Prime Minister David Lloyd George was busy fighting his generals as well as the Germans, his wife Margaret and his mistress Frances Stevenson were fighting their own battle at Number 10.
Feb 27, 1983 -
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E4
The Iron Duke
Despite the Duke of Wellington's enormous popularity, he incurred the nation's wrath by appearing to sympathise with the Irish Catholics. His reputation was also damaged by rumours of his friendship with Harriet Arbuthnot.
Mar 6, 1983 -
5
E5
The Asquiths
Herbert Henry Asquith's premiership and his fight to reduce the power of the House of Lords.
Mar 13, 1983 -
6
E6
Dizzy
Disraeli, the master diplomat and favourite of Queen Victoria, at the age of seventy-three entertains beautiful and aristocratic sisters at Number 10.
Mar 20, 1983 -
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E7
Bloodline
William Pitt the Younger struggles against his fate - familial lunacy - while trying to govern the country and court the beautiful Eleanor Eden.
Mar 27, 1983