Number 10

- Season 1

(1983)

In 1882 Prime Minister Gladstone is inviting prostitutes off the street, attempting to recruit them away from their sordid profession. His cabinet fear for his safety and that his actions may bring down his government.

In 1924 James Ramsay MacDonald is the first Prime Minister from the Labour Party. Due to his pro-Left stance and modest personal income, he and his daughter must face challenges that no predecessor had ever experienced.

In 1911, David Lloyd George, in the position to become Prime Minister, takes a fancy to a young personal secretary. What is his loyal wife to do when war comes and she finds out about the affair?

Despite the Duke of Wellington's enormous popularity, he incurs the nation's wrath by appearing to sympathise with the Irish Catholics. His reputation is also damaged by rumours of his friendship with Harriet Arbuthnot.

Herbert Henry Asquith fights to reduce the power of the House of Lords.

Benjamin Disraeli, the master diplomat and favourite of Queen Victoria, at the age of seventy-three entertains beautiful and aristocratic sisters at Number 10.

From childhood, young William Pitt is groomed by his affectionate but tormented father for the highest job in British public life. Unfortunately, he has inherited more than a great name.