NUMBER 10: CHANNEL 4 ANNOUNCES NEW POLITICAL DRAMA FROM STEVEN MOFFAT

Produced by Hartswood Films, part of ITV Studios, and written by Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Dracula, Inside Man), Channel 4 has commissioned Number 10, a drama about the most famous address in the world.

10 Downing Street. 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, 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.

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.

Sue Vertue, executive producer for Hartswood Films, says: “We are excited to be working with Channel 4 on Number 10, which is a passion project for Steven. He says there are three famous doors in the world; he’s done 221B Baker Street and the TARDIS - now he’s going to do the real one.”

Gwawr Lloyd, Acting Head of Drama Channel 4 says: “We’re thrilled to be bringing Number 10 to Channel 4, a bold, brilliant and witty new drama from the exceptional mind of Steven Moffat and the powerhouse team at Hartswood Films. Number 10 will offer a rare glimpse behind the doors of the world’s most iconic political residences which will take viewers from the high-stakes decisions of leadership to the lives of the staff who keep the house running. An insightful and entertaining twist on a state of the nation drama.”

Commissioned for Channel 4 by Gwawr Lloyd, Acting Head of Channel 4 Drama, the executive producers for Hartswood Films are Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue with Lawrence Till (The Devil’s Hour, The Young Offenders) as the producer. The director will be Ben Palmer (Douglas Is Cancelled, The Inbetweeners)

Number 10 is produced in association with and will be distributed by ITV Studios. Casting and transmission details will follow in due course.