Channel 4 has released the first look images for ‘Number 10’, the new drama from Steven Moffat, Hartswood Films and Channel 4, which takes viewers inside the most famous front door in British politics. Given the current Westminster news cycle appears to be doing its best impression of a prestige political thriller with rolling leadership intrigue, the timing is either impeccable, deeply cursed, or the most Channel 4 thing imaginable.
Produced by Hartswood Films, part of ITV Studios, and written by Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Dracula, Inside Man) in his first project for Channel 4, the series stars Rafe Spall (Trying, The English) as the Prime Minister, Katherine Kelly (In Flight, Mr Bates vs The Post Office) as the Chief of Staff, and Jenna Coleman (The Serpent, The Sandman) as the Deputy Chief of Staff. Also appearing, naturally, is the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, because no drama set in Downing Street would be complete without the only resident everyone can actually agree on.
Jenna Coleman
Set inside the famously chaotic corridors of power, ‘Number 10’ is described as a drama about “one of the most famous addresses in the world,” but this is not just a show about the Prime Minister upstairs. It also takes in the people orbiting the building, from the conspiracy theorist running the cafe three floors below, to the person attempting to repair the lift that never works, and the ambitious advisers scrapping for office space in cupboards.
“There’s a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement, and a wallpapered labyrinth of romance, crisis and heartbreak in-between. Set in the only terrace house in history with mice and a nuclear deterrent, it’s the only knock-through in the world where a hangover can start a war. The government will be fictional and unspecific, but the problems will be real. We’ll never know which party is in power, because once the whole world hits the fan it barely matters. This is a show about the building and everyone inside. Not just the Prime Minister upstairs, but the conspiracy theorist who runs the cafe three floors below, the man who repairs the lift that never works, the madly ambitious ‘advisors’ fighting for office space in cupboards. Oh, and of course, the cat.”
Katherine Kelly
The series comes from executive producers Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue for Hartswood Films, with Lawrence Till (The Devil’s Hour, The Young Offenders) producing and Rachel Stone co-producing. Ben Palmer (Douglas Is Cancelled, The Inbetweeners) directs.
The official description adds: “A drama about one of the most famous addresses in the world, Number 10 is all of Britain in a house: it’s British history under one roof. It’s how we all got into the mess we’re in. It’s also our only hope of getting out of it.”
‘Number 10’ does not yet have a premiere date but will air on Channel 4 in the UK. If you want to keep track of this or any other shows, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date. Visit Never Miss.
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