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The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (6x58 minute episodes) is a British drama series that aired on BBC One in 2006.
Produced by Kudos, it was written by Sally Wainwright and stars Jane Horrocks in the title role of a woman with no previous political experience who becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and also Janet McTeer in the role of Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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The Amazing Mrs Pritchard revolves around supermarket manager Ros Pritchard, who, angry with the state of British politics, stands for election as an independent candidate in her home town of Eatanswill, Yorkshire. She soon gains national attention and wins the general election, becoming Prime Minister.
Over successive episodes, Ros's spontaneous approach to decision making and her promise never to deceive the electorate come under increasing pressure from the demands of government, media scrutiny, and partisan political struggles. When she first comes to the job she knows nothing about politics, but with the help of her advisor Catherine Walker, she warms to the job.
Catherine Walker is a Conservative front-bencher designated by her party to demolish Ros in debate, but who instead defects to Ros's Purple Alliance. She becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer. As a young woman at Oxford University, Catherine had the chance of a fellowship to study at Princeton University but her then-tutor Hilary Rees-Benson (later a political opponent) recommended another student instead, in part due to jealousy of Catherine -- the two remain rivals even when serving together in Ros's cabinet. Catherine was formerly in love with Conservative Party Leader Paul Critchley, but he cheated on her and dropped her. While Chancellor, she conducts a sexual relationship with her speechwriter Ben Sixsmith -- 21 years her junior -- becoming pregnant by him but terminating the pregnancy.

Sally Wainwright stated her motivation for writing the series was the realisation that:
"During the last election I found that I didn't really want to vote for anybody because they all seemed as bad as each other. I thought it would be great fun to write an epic story with a central character who was prepared to stand up and point this out. Mrs Pritchard is bold enough, or some may say daft enough, to stand for parliament on the assumption that she can do just as badly as any of them but at least she will be honest".

Cast:
Jane Horrocks as Rosamund 'Ros' Jane Pritchard
Steven Mackintosh as Ian Pritchard
Carey Mulligan as Emily Pritchard
Jemma McKenzie-Brown as Georgina Pritchard
Jodhi May as Miranda Lennox
Janet McTeer as Catherine Walker
Frances Tomelty as Kitty Porter
Geraldine James as Hilary Rees-Benson
Selina Cadell as Dorothy Crowther
Meera Syal as Liz Shannon
Siobhan Finneran as Beverley Clarke
Jonathan Aris as Richard Leavis
Sally Phillips as Meg Bayliss
Tom Mison as Ben Sixsmith
Robert Portal as Paul Critchley
Dilys Laye - Queen Elizabeth II

Several politicians and journalists made cameo appearances, including Tony Blair, Gavin Esler, Roy Hattersley, John Humphrys, Nick Robinson, David Steel, Andrew Marr, Simon McCoy, Sarah Montague, Peter Snow and Kirsty Wark.

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