Series about politics
List of political thriller/drama series. This is an international listing: I have mentioned the country where the series takes place.
This list only covers series where the story evolves around the political system, and not all series in which political systems play a role.
The order is random - use IMDb's sorting feature to order by name, year or IMDB rating. I have added my own ratings in the description.
This list only covers series where the story evolves around the political system, and not all series in which political systems play a role.
The order is random - use IMDb's sorting feature to order by name, year or IMDB rating. I have added my own ratings in the description.
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- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.United States (President)
9/10 - StarsJohn SimmDavid MorrisseyKelly MacdonaldJournalists uncover a government conspiracy when a young politician's assistant and mistress is killed.United Kingdom / England
8/10 - CreatorArmando IannucciStarsJulia Louis-DreyfusTony HaleAnna ChlumskyFormer Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.United States (Vice President). Based on "The Thick of It"
8/10 (After 4th season) - CreatorGreg BerlantiStarsSigourney WeaverCarla GuginoJames WolkA divorced former First Lady is currently serving as the Secretary of State. She deals with State Department issues while trying to keep her family together.United States (Secretary of State)
7/10 - StarsLars HemingstamAlexandra RapaportUlf FribergRight before Christmas Charlotte Ekeblad (Rapaport) is given an offer she hardly can refuse, to become a minister in the Swedish Parliament. As minister of environment she is put in a position with no greater power, yet the prime minister comes out as a modern and open minded leader with a young woman in his staff. Charlotte Ekeblad though, is torn between a family life as a woman, and the opportunity to make a career. In the middle of this stands a husband not really sure what to think of becoming number two in the family, and a resistance in the male domination of the government. The pressure builds up and the marriage starts to shake in its foundations. It's time for Charlotte to ask herself if the price for the ability to change is too high.Sweden (Based on novel that takes place in Denmark)
6/10 - StarsAlexandra RapaportSverrir GudnasonMarie RichardsonThe election night 2006 at the Social Democrats' election gathering. The election is lost and the struggle for power over the party begins.Sweden (Based on novel that takes place in Denmark)
7/10 - StarsSuzanne ReuterAlexandra RapaportSven AhlströmShe is exposed to death threats by an international terrorist network and is forced to live with Säpo guards around the clock. But Meyer's biggest problem is that she slowly falls ill in family disease Alzheimer's.Sweden (Based on novel that takes place in Denmark)
7/10 - StarsGreg KinnearBarry PepperKatie HolmesThe triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history.United States (quasi-historical)
6/10 - StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsThe Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.United Kingdom / England
7/10 - StarsPaul EddingtonNigel HawthorneDerek FowldsJames Hacker was propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - Number 10.United Kingdom / England
7/10 - CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren MallingA political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.Denmark (The Folketing (parliament) with the Prime Minister as the protagonist)
7/10 - StarsAnne ConsignyFrédéric PierrotZinedine SoualemFirst woman freshly elected as French Republic president, Grace has to establish herself in a political landscape mainly dominated by men, while reconciling the hopes triggered by her win with the challenges of good governance.France: President
- StarsRobert LindsayMichael PalinDearbhla MolloyPolitician Michael Murray's life entwines with headmaster Jim Nelson's, changing their trajectories when their paths cross unexpectedly.United Kingdom / England
- StarsIan RichardsonSusannah HarkerMiles AndersonThe schemes of a ruthlessly ambitious British politician who will stop at nothing to get to the top.United Kingdom: Chief whip
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7/10 - CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsRik MayallMichael TroughtonMarsha FitzalanThe ultra right-wing Alan B'Stard, the most selfish, greedy, dishonest, sadistic and sociopathic Conservative MP of them all, plots to achieve his meglomaniacal ambitions.United Kingdom / England
- CreatorArmando IannucciStarsChris AddisonJames SmithPeter CapaldiThe Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.United Kingdom / England
7/10 (after 1st season) - CreatorFarhad SafiniaStarsKelsey GrammerConnie NielsenHannah WareMayor Tom Kane, diagnosed with a dementia disorder, struggles to keep his grip on power in Chicago.United States: Chicago (Local politics)
7/10 - StarsMichael MurphyPamela ReedDaniel JenkinsA behind-the-scenes look at a former Michigan U.S. Representative's campaign as he vies for his party's Presidential nomination.United States
- StarsJason IsaacsBen DanielsEva BirthistleAfter a plane explodes over Washington D.C. panic begins to envelop the British embassy, and its ambassador to the U.S. Mark Brydon finds himself caught up in a potentially damaging diplomatic incident.United Kingdom (Ambassador to the United States)
- StarsGordon PinsentSuzanne LévesqueMurray WestgateQuentin Durgens, M.P. was a CBC Canada television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969. It was one of the first hour-long drama series produced by the CBC, and helped to establish Gordon Pinsent as a major star in Canada. The character Quentin Durgens was a Federally elected Member Of Parliament and the stories revolved around him representing and getting involved in matters that affect the people in his electoral riding who elected him to office. The show was shot on location in Ottawa, Toronto and Moose Falls, Ontario,Canada
- StarsJuliet StevensonAnton LesserTrevor EveA woman's life is turned upside down when it is revealed that her husband, a member of the British Parliament, has been having an affair with a former prostitute.United Kingdom / England
- CreatorBen RichardsRobert JonesStarsAndrew BuchanShelley ConnAndrea RiseboroughFollows the lives of several young adults whose lives intertwine with their jobs in the Parliment of the United Kingdom.United Kingdom / England
- StarsHarry DitsonShelley PetersonBarry StevensFollows the life of a Deputy Minister of the Department of Regional Incentive TargetsCanada (Yes minister-remake)
- StarsPenelope KeithMark KingstonGarfield MorganJean Price is the idealistic, newly-elected Labour Party Member of Parliament for a deprived inner-city constituency. She must try to balance her work with her family life, learn the ways of the House and try to keep her principles.United Kingdom / England