“A politician for our times.”
Politician Peter Laurence's private life is falling apart. Shamelessly untroubled by guilt or remorse, he seeks to further his own agenda whilst others plot to bring him down. Can he out-run his own secrets to win the ultimate prize?
1 season · 4 episodes
S1 E1Episode 1
Oct 18, 20207.256 min
Peter Laurence is a charismatic government minister on the verge of promotion to high office. He is also celebrating a win in a newspaper libel case. But an inmate at a women’s prison claims to have a secret about Peter’s past that could af
S1 E2Episode 2
Oct 18, 20206.856 min
As Charmian digs into Peter’s political past in Washington DC, troubles arise at home as Peter’s family discovers his affair.
S1 E3Episode 3
Oct 18, 2020756 min
Confronted with his affair, pressure mounts on the home front for Peter, meanwhile Rochelle questions whether to pick up where Charmian left off.
S1 E4Episode 4
Oct 18, 20207.356 min
As Dawn’s premiership falters, Peter makes a move for the top spot, but with his enemies circling, he’s forced to make a final roll of the dice.
Hugh Laurie
Peter Laurence
Helen McCrory
Dawn Ellison
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Rochelle Madeley
Olivia Vinall
Julia Blythe
Iain De Caestecker
Duncan Knock
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Madeleine Halle
Shalom Brune-Franklin
Rose Dietl
Jennifer Hennessy
Bryony Beckett
Anna Francolini
H.J. Keane
Emma Cunniffe
Sydney
Danny Ashok
Luke Strand
Millie Brady
Lily Laurence
