Follows the private lives of seven British PMs who lived at 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.
Number 10 (Season 1)
Old Glad Eyes (Episode 1)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1983-02-13
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: Whilst Englishmen were being murdered in Dublin, the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, was being tailed by police around London's brothels.
Underdog (Episode 2)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1983-02-20
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: The first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.
A Woman of Style (Episode 3)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1983-02-27
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: 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.
The Iron Duke (Episode 4)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1983-03-06
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: 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.
The Asquiths (Episode 5)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1983-03-13
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: Herbert Henry Asquith's premiership and his fight to reduce the power of the House of Lords.
Dizzy (Episode 6)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1983-03-20
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: Disraeli, the master diplomat and favourite of Queen Victoria, at the age of seventy-three entertains beautiful and aristocratic sisters at Number 10.
Bloodline (Episode 7)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1983-03-27
Runtime: 55 min
Overview: William Pitt the Younger struggles against his fate - familial lunacy - while trying to govern the country and court the beautiful Eleanor Eden.
Seasons
Episodes 7