FIRST LOOK Number 10

What really goes on behind that famous door?

Channel 4 has released a first look at Steven Moffat’s new drama Number 10, his first for Channel 4, which stars Rafe Spall as the Prime Minister, Jenna Coleman as Deputy Chief of Staff at Number 10 and Katherine Kelly as Chief of Staff.

There’s a Prime Minister in the attic, a coffee bar in the basement, and a wallpapered labyrinth of romance, crisis and heartbreak in between.

Set in the only terrace house in history with mice and a nuclear deterrent, it’s the only knock-through in the world where a hangover can start a war.

The government will be fictional and unspecific, but the problems will be real. We’ll never know which party is in power, because once the whole world hits the fan it barely matters.

This is a show about the building and everyone inside. Not just the Prime Minister upstairs, but the conspiracy theorist who runs the cafe three floors below, the man who repairs the lift that never works, the madly ambitious ‘advisors’ fighting for office space in cupboards. Oh, and of course, the cat.

Number 10 is all of Britain in a house: it’s British history under one roof. It’s how we all got into the mess we’re in. It’s also our only hope of getting out of it.

Other cast members include Akshay Khanna, Abigail Lawrie, Laura Haddock, Jing Lusi, Pierro Niel-Mee, Rick Warden, Joe Wilkinson, Robyn Cara, Richard Rankin, Rhiannon Clements, Patrick Baladi, Shaun Prendergast, Harry Baxendale, Alex Macqueen, Sam Alexander and Emer Kenny.

Produced by Hartswood Films, part of ITV Studios, Number 10 is written by Steven Moffat, directed by Ben Palmer, produced by Lawrence Till, co-produced by Rachel Stone and executive produced by Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue for Hartswood Films

Number 10 will air late this year on Channel 4