7.4
The State Within
2006
Episode 1Apr 25, 2013 · 57m · ★ 7.2Aiden 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 2May 2, 2013 · 57m · ★ 5.8Driven 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 3May 9, 2013 · 57m · ★ 7.2Aiden 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.
A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.
Emily WatsonFreya Gardner
David TennantAiden Hoynes
Ed StoppardBruce Babbish
Roger AllamMarcus Brock
Oscar KennedyNoah Hoynes
Lucy HutchinsonRuby Hoynes
Jack ShepherdJoe Hoynes
Anamaria MarincaDita Kowalski
Luke NealDrew Bailey
Chipo ChungLian Hooper
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