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{ "se": "S01E01", "title": "Stand by Him", "tt": 1704972, "air_date": "1995-05-16", "description": "After her husband Duncan Matlock, a senior Government Minister responsible for promoting family values, is revealed in the tabloid press to have had a fling with a pretty political aide, Flora Matlock is clearly expected by everyone around her to stand by her man. For his part, he assures her it was a onetime fling and that it was just an aberration on his part. For Flora, the betrayal goes deep and affects her self-image in a serious way. She complies however, smiling at photo ops, attending a review meeting with the constituency association and otherwise playing the dutiful wife while her husband continues to scramble to save his political career. Her doubts about her husband's version events prove true when someone tells her the truth about his affair.", "cast": [ { "name": "Juliet Stevenson", "nm": 828980, "roles": [ { "char": "Flora Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Trevor Eve", "nm": 263368, "roles": [ { "char": "Duncan Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Ian Bannen", "nm": 846, "roles": [ { "char": "Sir Donald Frazier" } ] }, { "name": "Anton Lesser", "nm": 504320, "roles": [ { "char": "Mark Hollister" } ] }, { "name": "Katie Donnison", "nm": 232837, "roles": [ { "char": "Joanna Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Minnie Driver", "nm": 378, "roles": [ { "char": "Jennifer Caird" } ] }, { "name": "Diana Fairfax", "nm": 265563, "roles": [ { "char": "Rosalind Clegg" } ] }, { "name": "Sally Knyvette", "nm": 461868, "roles": [ { "char": "Peggy Price" } ] }, { "name": "Stuart Piper", "nm": 684936, "roles": [ { "char": "Paul Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Jacqueline Tong", "nm": 867233, "roles": [ { "char": "Suzie" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E02", "title": "Echo Chamber", "tt": 1704971, "air_date": "1995-05-23", "description": "Flora Matlock performs brilliantly on a television interview and the crisis over her husband's career seems to have passed. From all appearances, she is the dutiful wife standing by her husband. Appearances can be deceiving however. She subtly and very intelligently begins to plant the seeds of her husband's downfall. She provide the Party Whip, Sir Donald Frazier, with information that puts in doubt his character. She then feeds the press the story of her husband's inaction on saving a local children's nursery. Her coup de grace however is to have her father buy a property at a cut rate price from someone who will benefit from recently introduced legislation. Her husband shows just how brilliant a politician he is when he turns all of it to his favor.", "cast": [ { "name": "Juliet Stevenson", "nm": 828980, "roles": [ { "char": "Flora Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Trevor Eve", "nm": 263368, "roles": [ { "char": "Duncan Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Ian Bannen", "nm": 846, "roles": [ { "char": "Sir Donald Frazier" } ] }, { "name": "Anton Lesser", "nm": 504320, "roles": [ { "char": "Mark Hollister" } ] }, { "name": "Veronica Clifford", "nm": 166688, "roles": [ { "char": "Veronica Weston" } ] }, { "name": "Katie Donnison", "nm": 232837, "roles": [ { "char": "Joanna Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Minnie Driver", "nm": 378, "roles": [ { "char": "Jennifer Caird" } ] }, { "name": "Diana Fairfax", "nm": 265563, "roles": [ { "char": "Rosalind Clegg" } ] }, { "name": "Stuart Piper", "nm": 684936, "roles": [ { "char": "Paul Matlock" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E03", "title": "Body Politic", "tt": 1704970, "air_date": "1995-05-30", "description": "As the architect of Duncan's destruction, Flora plays him against Tory grandees while stirring up resentment against him amongst his constituents. Can he fight back?", "cast": [ { "name": "Juliet Stevenson", "nm": 828980, "roles": [ { "char": "Flora Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Trevor Eve", "nm": 263368, "roles": [ { "char": "Duncan Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Ian Bannen", "nm": 846, "roles": [ { "char": "Sir Donald Frazier" } ] }, { "name": "Anton Lesser", "nm": 504320, "roles": [ { "char": "Mark Hollister" } ] }, { "name": "Veronica Clifford", "nm": 166688, "roles": [ { "char": "Veronica Weston" } ] }, { "name": "Julie Dawn Cole", "nm": 170628, "roles": [ { "char": "Angie" } ] }, { "name": "Katie Donnison", "nm": 232837, "roles": [ { "char": "Joanna Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Minnie Driver", "nm": 378, "roles": [ { "char": "Jennifer Caird" } ] }, { "name": "Diana Fairfax", "nm": 265563, "roles": [ { "char": "Rosalind Clegg" } ] }, { "name": "Sally Knyvette", "nm": 461868, "roles": [ { "char": "Peggy Price" } ] }, { "name": "Stuart Piper", "nm": 684936, "roles": [ { "char": "Paul Matlock" } ] }, { "name": "Jacqueline Tong", "nm": 867233, "roles": [ { "char": "Suzie" } ] } ] }
]