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Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to bring down the Prime Minister then to take his place.
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8.061/10

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As political dramas go, they just don't come any better than this - and Ian Richardson proves a master as an epitome of an ambitious schemer that even Machiavelli would have been proud of. He is "Urqu... read more
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Cast

Ian Richardson
Francis Urquhart

Susannah Harker
Mattie Storin

Malcolm Tierney
Patrick Woolton

Alphonsia Emmanuel
Penny Guy

Diane Fletcher
Elizabeth Urquhart

William Chubb
John Krajewski

Isabelle Amyes
Anne Collingridge
Nicholas Selby
Lord Billsborough

David Lyon
Henry Collingridge

Colin Jeavons
Tim Stamper

Miles Anderson
Roger O'Neill
Creator

Michael Dobbs
Writer

Michael Dobbs
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Andrew Davies
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