Number 10

Old Glad Eyes

Feb 13, 198355 min

Whilst Englishmen were being murdered in Dublin, the Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, was being tailed by police around London's brothels.

Underdog

Feb 20, 198355 min

The first Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald.

A Woman of Style

Feb 27, 198355 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.

The Iron Duke

Mar 6, 198355 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.

The Asquiths

Mar 13, 198355 min

Herbert Henry Asquith's premiership and his fight to reduce the power of the House of Lords.

Dizzy

Mar 20, 198355 min

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