''My Honourable Mrs'' is a British

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which originally aired on

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in summer 1975. Centred around a fictional female politician, it was broadcast a few months after

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was elected leader of the Conservative Party.Fielding p.181-82 Henry Prendergast (

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) is a

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whose life is thrown out of balance when his wife Jane (

Pauline Yates Pauline Lettice Yates (16 June 1929 – 21 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for playing Elizabeth Perrin in the BBC television sitcom ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin''. She also starred in ''Bachelor Father (British ...

) is elected as Tory MP.

Main cast

as Henry Prendergast *

as Jane Prendergast * Aubrey Woods as Trevor Crichton * Anthony Howden as Tim * Sylvestra Le Touzel as Sarah * Nicholas Drake as William * Alan Curtis as Eric Forbes * Caroline Dowdeswell as Susan

References

Bibliography

* 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.

External links

* {{Richard Waring 1975 British television series debuts 1975 British television series endings 1970s British comedy television series BBC television sitcoms British English-language television shows