My Honourable Mrs is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1 in summer 1975. Centred around a fictional female politician, it was broadcast a few months after Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the Conservative Party.[1] Henry Prendergast (Derek Nimmo) is a publisher whose life is thrown out of balance when his wife Jane (Pauline Yates) is elected as Tory MP.
| My Honourable Mrs | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by | Richard Waring |
| Starring | Derek Nimmo Pauline Yates |
| Composer | Dennis Wilson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Graeme Muir |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC 1 |
| Release | 14 July – 26 August 1975 |
Main cast edit
- Derek Nimmo as Henry Prendergast
- Pauline Yates as Jane Prendergast
- Aubrey Woods as Trevor Crichton
- Anthony Howden as Tim
- Sylvestra Le Touzel as Sarah
- Nicholas Drake as William
- Alan Curtis as Eric Forbes
- Caroline Dowdeswell as Susan
References edit
- ^ Fielding p.181-82
Bibliography edit
- Steven Fielding. A State of Play: British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page, from Anthony Trollope to The Thick of It. A&C Black, 2014.
