Episodes
1. Old Glad Eyes
February 13, 1983
55 min
Whilst Englishmen were being murdered in Dublin, the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, was being tailed by police around London's brothels.
Guest Stars:
Bernard Archard, Frank Middlemass, Denis Quilley, Celia Johnson, James Cossins
2. Underdog
February 20, 1983
55 min
The first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.
Guest Stars:
Ian Richardson, Robert Urquhart, Emma Piper, Marion Owen Smith, Emrys James
3. A Woman of Style
February 27, 1983
55 min
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.
Guest Stars:
John Stride, Barbara Kellerman, Rhoda Lewis, Christian Rodska, Terence Harvey
4. The Iron Duke
March 6, 1983
55 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Bernard Archard, Donald Nithsdale, Gabrielle Drake, Philip Latham, Peter Harlowe
5. The Asquiths
March 13, 1983
55 min
Herbert Henry Asquith's premiership and his fight to reduce the power of the House of Lords.
Guest Stars:
Dorothy Tutin, David Langton, Georgina Coombs, Rupert Frazer, Wensley Pithey
6. Dizzy
March 20, 1983
55 min
Disraeli, the master diplomat and favourite of Queen Victoria, at the age of seventy-three entertains beautiful and aristocratic sisters at Number 10.
Guest Stars:
Richard Pasco, Evelyn Laye, Elizabeth Sellars, Zena Walker, Nicholas Jones