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Release Date:
31 March 1991 (USA)
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Plot:
Francis Urquhart, Chief Whip, manipulates things and people to achieve his ambitions in the Houses of Parliament...
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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy.
Another 3 wins
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7 nominations
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The best TV drama serial ever? - "You might very well say that, I couldn't possibly comment"
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Cast
(Series Cast [22]) | Ian Richardson | ... | Francis Urquhart (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Susannah Harker | ... | Mattie Storin (4 episodes, 1990) |
 | Miles Anderson | ... | Roger O'Neill (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Alphonsia Emmanuel | ... | Penny Guy (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Malcolm Tierney | ... | Patrick Woolton (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Diane Fletcher | ... | Elizabeth Urquhart (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Colin Jeavons | ... | Tim Stamper (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Damien Thomas | ... | Michael Samuels (4 episodes, 1990) |
| William Chubb | ... | John Krajewski (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Kenneth Gilbert | ... | Harold Earle (4 episodes, 1990) |
| Christopher Owen | ... | McKenzie (4 episodes, 1990) |
| David Lyon | ... | Prime Minister Henry Collingridge (3 episodes, 1990) |
| Kenny Ireland | ... | Ben Landless (3 episodes, 1990) |
| James Villiers | ... | Charles Collingridge (3 episodes, 1990) |
| Isabelle Amyes | ... | Anne Collingridge (3 episodes, 1990) |
| John Hartley | ... | Greville Preston (3 episodes, 1990) |
| Nicholas Selby | ... | Lord Billsborough (2 episodes, 1990) |
| Tommy Boyle | ... | Stephen Kendrick (2 episodes, 1990) |
| John Arnatt | ... | Sir Jasper Grainger (2 episodes, 1990) |
| Richard Braine | ... | Kevin Spence (2 episodes, 1990) |
| Hugh Dickson | ... | Dr. Andrew Christian (2 episodes, 1990) |
| Angela Rippon | ... | Newsreader (2 episodes, 1990) |
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UK:50 min (4 episodes)
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By complete chance, the first BBC showing of the series exactly coincided with the real life Tory leadership contest and the removal from office of Margaret Thatcher.
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Stephanie Woolton:
[after sitting through a tape of her husband having sex at a political conference] Oh and one more thing... you will let me know if I have to get an HIV test, won't you?
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Referenced in "Peep Show: Jurying (#3.5)" (2005)
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This is no doubt one of the best TV drama serials I've ever seen. I got it on DVD and it was so well-done that I saw the first installment (House of Cards) during one night, and the following two installments (To Play the King and The Final Cut) the following two nights. I just could not stop watching it until it was finished. It is very suspenseful, in addition to being intelligent, revealing, and I must say quite cynical. It is based on the book of the same title by Michael Dobbs, who has been a political insider and was at one point Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party. He clearly knows the kinds of things that can happen in the highest echelons of power.
If one is to choose the single best thing in the serial, it is no doubt the performance by Ian Richardson. He is a highly capable and versatile actor and this may well be his best performance. It is really priceless to hear him saying "You might very well say that, I couldn't possibly comment" throughout the series. All the other actors are excellent, the screenplay is of the highest quality, and the whole production is exceptional.