Number 10 is a drama series for BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

 about a fictional British Prime Minister and his staff. The series was created by Jonathan Myerson

Jonathan Myerson

Jonathan Myerson is notable as the husband of the leading novelist Julie Myerson. He is also a British dramatist and novelist, writing principally for television and radio....

, and produced by Clive Brill of Pacificus Productions, with Peter Hyman as Political Advisor. It has had four series to date, in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The first three series starred Antony Sher

Antony Sher

Sir Antony Sher, KBE is a double Olivier Award winning South African-born British actor, writer, theatre director and painter.- Early years :...

 as Adam Armstrong, the Labour Prime Minister. The fourth series replaced him with Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis

Lewis was born in St John's Wood, London, the son of Charlotte Mary and J. Watcyn Lewis, a City broker. His paternal grandparents were Welsh. His maternal grandfather was Lord Mayor of London Ian Frank Bowater and his maternal grandmother's ancestors include Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of...

 as a Tory prime minister in a minority government, in response to the United Kingdom coalition government

United Kingdom coalition government (2010–present)

The ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition is the present Government of the United Kingdom, formed after the 2010 general election. The Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats entered into discussions which culminated in the 2010 coalition agreement, setting out a programme for government...

 which took office in 2010.

Reception

The Independent wrote "Myerson's radio play was Shakespearean in its intrigue, its moments of tragedy and comedy and in its multi-layered action....Sixty action-packed minutes led to a gripping denouement. Number 10 possesses the fast pace that is found in the best of TV drama, which radio has been crying out for. Bring on the next four plays."

Series 1 to 3

• Adam Armstrong - Antony Sher
  Antony Sher
  Sir Antony Sher, KBE is a double Olivier Award winning South African-born British actor, writer, theatre director and painter.- Early years :...
  
  
• Monica Smith - Sasha Behar
  Sasha Behar
  Sasha Behar is a British actress, known for portraying Maya Sharma in ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street.-Background:...
  
  
• Polly Cairns - Haydn Gwynne
  Haydn Gwynne
  -Personal life:Born in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex to father Guy Thomas Hayden-Gwynne, she played county level tennis before studying Sociology at the University of Nottingham, and is fluent in French and Italian...
  
  
• Colin Brenner - Colin McFarlane
  Colin McFarlane
  Colin McFarlane is an English actor and voice artist. He has appeared in several TV series, including The Fast Show, Judge John Deed, Jonathan Creek, Randall & Hopkirk , Jeeves and Wooster, Black Books and The Thin Blue Line. He is also known for portraying Police Commissioner Gillian B...
  
  
• Steve McKie - Stephen Mangan
  Stephen Mangan
  Stephen Mangan is an English actor, best known for his roles as Guy Secretan in the television series Green Wing, Dan Moody in I'm Alan Partridge and as Holistic Detective Dirk Gently in the 2010 BBC adaptation of Douglas Adams' book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, as well as Sean Lincoln...
  
  

Series 4

• Simon Laity ..... Damian Lewis
• Connie ..... Haydn Gwynne
• Nathan ..... Mike Sengelow
• Hugo ..... Julian Glover
• Amjad ..... Arsher Ali

Episode 1

• • Frank ...... Anthony O'Donnell
  • Lord Cairns ...... James Laurenson
  • Nigel Ogden ...... Christopher Ettridge
  • Rebecca ...... Flora Montgomery
  • Conrad ...... Nick Rowe
  • Ms Austen ...... Claire Perkins
  • Journalist and News reader ...... Alice Arnold

Episode 2

• • Kevin Munro ...... Clive Russell
  • Angela Brenner ...... Emma Fielding
  • Hannah Armstrong ...... Kelly Hunter
  • Scottish MP ...... Nick Rowe
  • Lewis Smiley MP ...... Dominic Rowan
  • President Sawadogo ...... Joseph Marcell
  • Ollie Armstrong ...... Joseph Kloska
  • Television News Reporter ...... Alice Arnold

Episode 3

• • Lord Cairns ...... James Laurenson
  • Jasmine ...... Elizabeth McGovern
  • Hannah ...... Kelly Hunter
  • Norman Johnson ...... Shaun Prendergast
  • George ...... Nicholas Grace
  • Giles ...... Nicholas Woodeson
  • Anita ...... Carol McReady
  • Chrissie ...... Marcella Riordan

Episode 5

• • Hannah ...... Kelly Hunter
  • Major ...... Sean Baker
  • General ...... Nicholas Woodeson
  • Justin ...... Jamie Glover
  • Billington ...... Anthony O'Donnell
  • Flannery ...... Susan Brown
  • Chrissie ...... Marcella Riordan
  • Conrad ...... Nicholas Rowe
  • Journalist ...... Alice Arnold

Series 1

This series was first broadcast weekly at 9pm from 7 September to 5 October 2007. Episodes 1, 2 and 5 were written by Jonathan Myerson, episode 3 by Nicholas McInerny and episode 4 by Mike Harris

Michael Harris

Michael Harris is an award-winning Canadian author, investigative journalist, and radio personality who hosts an afternoon radio talk show, "Michael Harris Live", on Ottawa-based CFRA, and was a columnist for The Ottawa Sun newspaper until March 2011.Born in Toronto, Ontario, to Audrey McDonald ...

. The series was produced and directed by Clive Brill.

1. Good News Day - As the Prime Minister prepares to announce an amnesty for all immigrants working illegally in the UK, a serious tube crash threatens to jeopardise his plans.
2. And Raise Them to Eternal Life - The party promised to eliminate Britain's carbon footprint, but poll ratings are plummeting and the unions are cutting up rough.
3. Who Won the Election? - As the government prepares for a major cancer screening initiative with a private American company, a leaked letter to the PM appears to advocate legalising cannabis.
4. Rule of Law - Launching a new organisation intended to integrate Muslims into British society and prevent radicalisation, the PM also has to decide whether to back Turkey's application for EU membership.
5. Home and Away - Crises loom on two fronts as the Prime Minister faces a backbench rebellion while British troops are being held hostage overseas.