The Politician's Husband

2013 - 2013

Episode 1

25th April 2013

Episode 1

Aiden and Freya Hoynes are the golden couple of British politics. Aiden resigns from cabinet in a failed leadership bid thwarted by his best friend Bruce Babbish. In the cabinet reshuffle, Freya is appointed tocabinet, whilst Aiden returns to the back benches and a life of political obscurity. Finally out of her husband's shadow, Freya is forced to choose between her own career ambitions and publicly supporting her husband.

Episode 2

Episode 2

Driven by a desire to avenge his own downfall, Aiden plots against his old friend Bruce. He is also spending more time at home looking after the children and particularly their Asperger's son, Noah. As he sitson the side-lines watching his wife's meteoric rise, Aiden is increasingly consumed with jealousy and paranoia. Unable to accept his wife's new-found success or forgive her betrayal, Aiden begins to plot Freya's downfall as well as Bruce's.

Episode 3

Episode 3

Aiden has to defend himself in an embarrassing sex scandal that threatens to derail any chance of a political comeback and also further threatens his marriage. As he wrestles both back from the brink hediscovers Freya has been less than honest about her whereabouts and the time she is spending with Bruce.

Top Cast

Emily Watson•David Tennant•Ed Stoppard

Drama War & Politics

A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.

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Full Cast

Emily Watson Image

Emily Watson

Freya Gardner

David Tennant Image

David Tennant

Aiden Hoynes

Ed Stoppard Image

Ed Stoppard

Bruce Babbish

Roger Allam Image

Roger Allam

Marcus Brock

Oscar Kennedy Image

Oscar Kennedy

Noah Hoynes

Lucy Hutchinson Image

Lucy Hutchinson

Ruby Hoynes

Full Crew

Hal Vogel

Producer

Paul Knight

Editor

Richard Daldry

Production Coordinator

Liz West

Script Supervisor

Heather Leat

Costume Supervisor

Karen Dawson

Hair Designer

Helen Scott

Production Design

Joanna Wyszomirska

Makeup Artist

Paula Milne Image

Paula Milne

Executive Producer

Colin Nicolson

Sound Recordist

Cat Gregory

Assistant Editor

Adrian Johnston Image

Adrian Johnston

Music

Karen Dawson

Makeup Designer

Rebecca Milton

Art Direction

Steve Parnell

Property Master

Toby Whale

Casting

Andrea Galer

Costume Design

Giles Edleston

Location Scout

Pat Karam

Location Manager

Mike Dowson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lucy Richer

Executive Producer

Graham Ellis

Art Direction

Charlotte Ashby

Line Producer

David Aukin

Executive Producer

Tony Slater Ling

Director of Photography

Mark Harris

Post Production Supervisor

Colin Nicolson

Sound Mixer

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