And so we reach the final episode. Unlike the American version which is still running as of 2018 even though the lead character has been killed off!
Francis Urquhart bows to pressure of the press and public alike and announces his candidacy for the Tory leadership.
Now it is just a case of destabilising the rivals. Easier to do with the weaker candidates.
It is Woolton and Samuels who are more difficult, but Urquhart has the dirt on Woolton.
The only flies in the ointment are weak willed Roger O'Neill who is despatched with some adulterated drugs. Mattie Storin though cannot stop digging about and finally realises that Urquhart had the dirt all along because he was chief whip.
Mattie confronts Urquhart on a rooftop but he has murder on his mind.
Andrew Davies reveals a reptilian chilling side to Urquhart. Now he is portrayed as being lot less suited for the highest office of the land.
Maybe House of Cards painted it too easy for Urquhart to get to the top of the greasy pole.
A terrific serial, so well written, briskly directed. Westminster looks so shiny and new as it had gone through a long and expensive restoration process in the mid 1980s. As the serial shows, inside it was still dark and grimy.
Ian Richardson became a household name after so many decades in the business. There were two sequel series made by the BBC to House of Cards that were not as good.
Francis Urquhart bows to pressure of the press and public alike and announces his candidacy for the Tory leadership.
Now it is just a case of destabilising the rivals. Easier to do with the weaker candidates.
It is Woolton and Samuels who are more difficult, but Urquhart has the dirt on Woolton.
The only flies in the ointment are weak willed Roger O'Neill who is despatched with some adulterated drugs. Mattie Storin though cannot stop digging about and finally realises that Urquhart had the dirt all along because he was chief whip.
Mattie confronts Urquhart on a rooftop but he has murder on his mind.
Andrew Davies reveals a reptilian chilling side to Urquhart. Now he is portrayed as being lot less suited for the highest office of the land.
Maybe House of Cards painted it too easy for Urquhart to get to the top of the greasy pole.
A terrific serial, so well written, briskly directed. Westminster looks so shiny and new as it had gone through a long and expensive restoration process in the mid 1980s. As the serial shows, inside it was still dark and grimy.
Ian Richardson became a household name after so many decades in the business. There were two sequel series made by the BBC to House of Cards that were not as good.
