Comedy icon Penelope Keith stars as Jean Price, a newly elected Labour MP who finds her cherished principles severely tested in the unforgiving, often murky world of Westminster. Her ambition withstands the dreadful facilities and uncivilised hours that might drive a lesser woman out of the job, with wife and mother Jean managing to hold her own amid the swollen egos, rampant chauvinism and Machiavellian scheming of the political elite; husband Geoff (Mark Kingston) provided much-needed moral support.