Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.
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- Seasons
- 4
- Episodes aired
- 21
- Latest aired
- S04E07
- Total runtime
- 10h 38min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 May 2005 – June 2005 3 episodes
- Season 2 October 2005 – November 2005 3 episodes
- the show was away for 3 years and 11 months
- Season 3 October 2009 – December 2009 8 episodes
- the show was away for 2 years and 9 months
- Season 4 September 2012 – October 2012 7 episodes
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S04E01 Networked Nation
September 8 · 29min find the promo
Show synopsis
Peter Mannion, the Secretary of State for Social Affairs, gets told to launch his Coalition partner Fergus's new 'Networked Nation' policy at a school.
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S04E02 New Advisor
September 15 · 28min find the promo
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With Glenn gone, Nicola Murray is busy breaking in her new policy advisor, Helen Hatley. When Helen is accidentally photographed holding notes from an ideas meeting, Nicola is understandably angry.
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S04E03 Thought Camp
September 22 · 29min find the promo
Show synopsis
Stewart Pearson is running 'Thought Camp' at a remote country house hotel, as the perfect way to re-engage the party with the creative cloudscape.
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S04E04 Hear 2 Hear
September 29 · 29min find the promo
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With Nicola safely on a train to attend the party's Here 2 Hear in far-flung Bradford, Malcolm is free to launch his latest plot.
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S04E05 The Leak
October 6 · 29min find the promo
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With Nicola Murray and Peter Mannion both on the back foot after the unravelling of the key-worker housing sell-off policy there's inevitably going to be a scramble for the moral high-ground.
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S04E06 The Inquiry
October 13 · 59min find the promo
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The government, opposition and civil service are called before Lord Goolding's inquiry.
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S04E07 The Final Reckoning
October 20 · 29min find the promo
Show synopsis
Dan Miller gets sent on a fact-finding mission to the local cop-shop to press the flesh.