OTTAWA - He may be the leader of a G7 country but when it comes to hooking up the TV and Internet at his home, Justin Trudeau still has to deal with The Cable Guy.

And because he's the prime minister, his cable guy experience ended up being mighty complex.

Documents obtained by the Sun show that, in fact, it took more than 30 days and 37 bureaucrats from multiple federal agencies, including the RCMP and the PM's national security advisor, to get the TV working when the Trudeaus moved into their official residence.

Trudeau, his aides say, is watching "Sherlock" right now but he's also a fan of the TV series "The Americans" and the classic "The West Wing."

The bureaucrats first set their mind to Trudeau's TV service on Oct. 28, 11 days after the Liberals won their surprising majority victory.

Since the prime ministerial residence at 24 Sussex Dr. is badly in need of a renovation, the Trudeaus had decided to make their official residence on the grounds of the governor general's residence, at a place known as Rideau Cottage.

Don't let the name fool you. This two-storey cottage has 22 rooms. And until the Trudeaus moved in, it was where the GG's top aide lived and -- presumably -- watched a little TV.

And that led to the first issue for the bureaucrats.

The governor general's staff didn't want to get stuck paying the bills for the Trudeaus so a whole round of paperwork had to be written up, including a formal "memorandum of understanding" to make sure the PM's office was picking up the cost.

Then the bureaucrats discovered what many everyday Canadian families have discovered when they try to make changes with their TV provider -- if your name is not on the account, you can't make changes.

So they fixed that. And finally had their first conversation with Bell, which is the TV and Internet provider at both Rideau Cottage and at the PM's official residence at Harrington Lake.

But of course, when you're doing anything that has to do with a prime minister, you're going to have to go through a security check. That got the PM's national security advisor and the RCMP involved.

With security checks done, Bell technicians wanted to inspect the 149-year-old cottage, to make sure the wiring is up to snuff.

That happened Friday, Nov. 20, while Trudeau was winging home from his first overseas summits in the Philippines and Turkey. Then Bell promised it would be back in a week for the actual installation.

The PM and family was to be away on business that week in Europe meeting Queen Elizabeth II, among others. So with the family out of the house, it was a good time for the techs to go to work.

Back at Bell, an account executive finally put together the pricing plan for the package selected by the Trudeaus. The plan's details were blacked out by government censors but an invoice shows the cost for TV and Internet at both Rideau Cottage and Harrington Lake would be $4,577.21 for the year, or about $380 a month.

And, for the record, this is a cost the Trudeaus, not the taxpayer, cover.

On Nov. 25, as Trudeau is meeting in London with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, a squad of technicians descended upon his residence back in Ottawa.

And so, more than six weeks after he became PM, Trudeau and his family returned home, settled in and unwound at the end of the day with a little tube time.