Season 1 • Episode 7
LatestWilliam Pitt the Younger struggles against his fate - familial lunacy - while trying to govern the country and court the beautiful Eleanor Eden.
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.
Acting
Seven distinct PMs, zero weak performances
Production
Downing Street as claustrophobic character
Writing
Political maneuvering sharper than question time
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Thatcher's first term, the series subtly interrogates whether leadership mythologizing serves democracy or erodes it.
Each episode was filmed in actual 10 Downing Street locations where possible—unthinkable for modern productions.
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