Mad Men

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BBC Four

Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. The show centers on Don Draper (Jon Hamm), creative director at Sterling Cooper and a founding partner at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, as well as those in his life in and out of the office. It also depicts the changing social mores of 1960s America.

Mad Men has received critical acclaim, particularly for its historical authenticity and visual style, and has won multiple awards, including nine Emmys and five Golden Globes. It is the first basic cable series to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning the award in 2008 and 2009.

Characters:

Donald Francis "Don" Draper                                                              Former creative director and junior partner of Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency, and now partner of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce; he is the series' main character. His past is shadowy, but he has achieved success in advertising. He is married to Elizabeth "Betty" Draper and has three children with her, but his history of infidelity, along with his revelations to her about his past, led to her announcing at the end of Season 3 that she intends to divorce him.

Margaret "Peggy" Olson rises from Draper's secretary to a copywriter with her own office. She unknowingly becomes pregnant with Pete Campbell's child, is told she suffered a mental breakdown after the unexpected birth given that she did not know of her pregnancy, and gives the baby up for adoption.

Peter Dyckman "Pete" Campbell is A young, ambitious account executive from a privileged background. Campbell tries to blackmail Don Draper with information from Draper's past.He and his wife have been unable to conceive a child, and he remained unaware of his child with Olson until the second season finale.

Elizabeth "Betty" Draper is Don Draper's estranged wife and mother of their three children, Sally, Bobby, and Eugene Scott. Betty gradually becomes aware of her husband's womanizing over the first two seasons.

 Joan Harris (née Holloway) is office manager and head of the secretarial pool at Sterling Cooper. She has a long-term affair with Roger Sterling until his two heart attacks cause him to end the relationship. In Season 2, she dates and becomes engaged to Greg Harris.