Sherlock The writer Steven Moffat opens the doors to 10 Downing Street in a dramatic series for Channel 4.
The most famous residence in the United Kingdom will be the subject of Number 10Which comes from the production house belonging to the Moffat ITV studios, Hartswood Films.
The show is, in fact, a Upstairs– Style drama that seeks the activities of many people inside the property, which houses the British Prime Minister and their family during their conditions. Politics will be put aside because Moffat focuses on the fictitious personalities that make up the house.
According to the synopsis: “10 Downing Street. There is a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement, and a romance labyrinth, a crisis and a sorrow between the two. Located in the only house on the terrace in history with a mouse and a nuclear deterrence, it is the only blow to the world where a hangover can trigger a war.
“The government will be fictitious, but the problems will be real. We will never know which party is in power, because once the whole world reaches the fan, it barely matters. It is a show on the building and everyone inside. Not only the Prime Minister upstairs, but the conspiracy theorist who manages the Three Floors coffee below, the man who repairs the facelift that never works, lessons, courses, “Madly Ambitians’ Advisors’ Advisors’ fought for Capbo, lessons. cat.”
Moffat, whose credits include Doctor Who And Couplingwill be executed next to his wife and Hartswood co-co-co-c-chief, Sue Virtue, with Lawrence Till (Devil time,, Young offenders) as a producer. The director is Ben Palmer (Douglas is canceled,, Inbetweeners). Gwawr Lloyd, actor in the drama of channel 4, ordered Number 10.
Hartswood will produce in association with ITV Studios, which has international distribution rights. The casting and launch details will follow “in due time”.
Virtue said Number 10 was a “passionate project for Steven”, noting: “He says that there are three famous doors in the world: he has done 221b Baker Street and the Tardis – now he will do the real.”
Lloyd de Channel 4 said: “We are delighted to bring Number 10 In Channel 4, a new daring, brilliant and spirit of the exceptional spirit of Steven Moffat and the Powerhouse team from Hartswood Films. Number 10 will offer a rare overview of the doors of the most emblematic political residences in the world that will take viewers of leadership decisions with high issues in the life of the staff who keeps the house on the move. A insightful and entertaining touch on a drama of the state of the nation. »»
The order comes the first morning from the Edinburgh television festival.
