Written and created by Paula Milne (White Heat, Small Island), the three-part serial sees Senior Cabinet Minister Aiden Hoynes (Tennant), happily married to Freya (Watson). When we meet Aiden he is a rising star in Westminster. He went into Parliament driven by idealism, but after his son Noah was diagnosed with Aspergers he allowed himself to be sucked into the power games of Westminster, which provided him with a place to hide.
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Episode 1
Thursday 25 April 2013, 9pm
Aiden Hoynes and Freya Gardner are the golden couple of British politics. Aiden resigns from cabinet in a failed leadership bid thwarted by his best friend Bruce Babbish. In the cabinet reshuffle Freya is appointed to Cabinet, while Aiden returns to the back benches and a life of political obscurity.
Finally out of her husband’s shadow, Freya is forced to choose between her own career ambitions and publicly supporting her husband.
Episode 2
Thursday 2 May 2013, 9pm
Driven by a desire to avenge his own downfall, Aiden plots against his old friend Bruce. He is also spending more time at home looking after their children and particularly their son, Noah.
As he sits on the side-lines watching his wife’s meteoric rise, Aiden is increasingly consumed with jealousy and paranoia. Unable to accept his wife’s new found success or forgive her betrayal Aiden begins to plot Freya’s downfall as well as Bruce’s.
Episode 3
Thursday 9 May 2013, 9pm
Aiden has to defend himself in an embarrassing sex scandal that threatens to derail any chance of a political comeback and further threatens his marriage.
As he wrestles both back from the brink, he discovers Freya has been less than honest about her whereabouts and the time she is spending with Bruce. In a gripping finale that sees him plot a brilliant comeback as well as Bruce’s downfall (and his wife’s), Aiden gambles everything with a shocking and surprising outcome.
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