Party Animals
Episode synopses
Episode 1
Under-pressure Labour Minister Jo Porter is getting her a**e kicked in the Commons by Tory counterpart James Northcote, as she announces a new policy on youth crime. James is doing unexpectedly well and Jo cannot imagine how he has been able to anticipate her statement so accurately, coming back with killer ripostes and all the right figures at his fingertips...
The answer can be found back in her Parliamentary office, where her loyal researcher, Danny Foster, is watching the debacle unfold in total despair. Danny soon finds himself fighting for his career, not helped by ambitious intern Kirsty MacKenzie, who he secretly adores.
Meanwhile, Tory duo Ashika Chandiramani and Matt Baker cannot hide their glee at Jo's humiliation. But Ashika has other things on her mind, not least how to manage her affair with her married boss, James Northcote, who, distracted by in-fighting with his old-school Tory boss, George Morgan, seems to be getting cold feet.
Across Westminster, Danny's older brother, Scott, has been charged with making new Tory contacts to secure a big new contract for his lobby firm. Thanks to his manipulative boss, he is competing for the prospective account with Jake, his hedonistic friend and flatmate.
Scott blags a lunch with James, thanks to one of his on-off sexual partners, Sophie Montgomery, a Tory journalist. But a scurrilous rumour forces the MP to miss lunch and he sends Ashika in his place. The chance meeting between Ashika and Scott will change everything.
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