"The Amazing Mrs Pritchard" (2006) TV series

Creator:

Sally Wainwright

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

2006 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The story follows Mrs Ros Pritchard, a successful manager of a supermarket. When a couple of politicians...

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Jane Horrocks	...	Ros Pritchard (6 episodes, 2006)
Steven Mackintosh	...	Ian Pritchard (6 episodes, 2006)
Jodhi May	...	Miranda Lennox (6 episodes, 2006)
Janet McTeer	...	Catherine Walker (6 episodes, 2006)
Jemma McKenzie-Brown	...	Georgina Pritchard (6 episodes, 2006)
Carey Mulligan	...	Emily Pritchard (6 episodes, 2006)
Geraldine James	...	Hilary Rees-Benson (5 episodes, 2006)
Selina Cadell	...	Dorothy Crowther (5 episodes, 2006)
Robert Portal	...	Paul Critchley (5 episodes, 2006)
Jonathan Aris	...	Sir Richard Leavis (5 episodes, 2006)
Sally Phillips	...	Meg Bayliss (5 episodes, 2006)
Siobhan Finneran	...	Beverley Clarke (4 episodes, 2006)
Frances Tomelty	...	Kitty Porter (4 episodes, 2006)
John Humphrys	...	Himself (4 episodes, 2006)
David Glover	...	Speaker (4 episodes, 2006)
Sylvestra Le Touzel	...	Nina Morgan (4 episodes, 2006)
Tom Mison	...	Ben Sixsmith (4 episodes, 2006)
Gavin Esler	...	Himself (3 episodes, 2006)
Mairead McKinley	...	Carol (3 episodes, 2006)
Vaughan Savidge	...	Himself (3 episodes, 2006)
Joe McAweaney	...	Stanley Lewis (3 episodes, 2006)
Fred Perry	...	Reporter (3 episodes, 2006)
Meera Syal	...	Liz Shannon (3 episodes, 2006)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

RSA, John Adam Street, Strand, London, England, UK

Company:

Kudos Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

The first series ended on a cliffhanger, with the intention being that the programme would return for a second series. However this was cancelled because the first series received poor audience ratings. After its initial run in the UK, a title card was added to the final episode when it was broadcast in Canada and a few other places, but not for its PBS run in the USA. This caption said that Mrs Pritchard, feeling that she had served a purpose, resigned as Prime Minister, and that she and her husband were living happily at home with their family in Eatanswill. Catherine Walker had become Prime Minister and was successfully leading the Purple Alliance; she never married.

Relative Fast Pace, in places scary realism

Firstly I think the previous comment was perhaps a little harsh. So far this program has operated at a highly interesting angle, by having an initial intense fast pace, and a gradual slow down before throwing a new thing at the audience to consider.

There is continually something for the audience to think about, and about 15 things at the same time. All the concerns of someone running a country, while it is slightly unrealistic with some of the simplicity it makes the point it's trying to make very well.

Much of the policies "Mrs. Pritchard" tends to raise are real life policies. Won't say any more here.

As a piece of Tuesday night viewing it's worth watching, unlike much of whats on at the moment.