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The Good Wife
Why this pick
Its political scandal premise becomes a sharp, character-led study of a marriage recalibrating under public pressure, with similarly shifting loyalties and private power.
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SERIES2013 0h 55m / episode GBR
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
David Tennant
Aiden Hoynes
Emily Watson
Freya Hoynes
Roger Allam
Marcus Brock
Tim Bentinck
Freddy Seabourn
Chipo Chung
Lian Hooper
Lee Nicholas Harris
TV cameraman
Lucy Hutchinson
Ruby Hoynes
Jack Shepherd
Joe Hoynes