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
GenreSitcom
Written byRichard Waring
StarringDerek Nimmo
Pauline Yates
ComposerDennis Wilson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducerGraeme Muir
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC 1
Release14 July (1975-07-14) –
26 August 1975 (1975-08-26)

Main cast

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References

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  1. ^ Fielding p.181-82

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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