Masterpiece Theater

Me & Mrs Jones (32x10)

: 16, 2003

He's a writer nosing for scandal. She's a prime minister looking for love. When they meet, neither is disappointed. Robson Green plays aspiring novelist Liam Marple, who makes his living as a faceless showbiz gossip columnist writing under the moniker "Mrs. Jones." Politics is the last thing on Liam's mind until he is assigned to get the dirt on Britain's controversial new leader. Caroline Goodall (Schindler's List, The Princess Diaries) co-stars as the object of this seedy mission: Prime Minister Laura Bowden, a selfless public servant and mother of two who ascended to the top job a few months earlier when the previous PM died. Now Laura faces her first general election and grim prospects from an electorate that considers her stiff and humorless. In addition, she faces brewing scandal from the not-so-subtle philandering of her husband.