

“He had Number 10 Downing Street in his hand!”
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.
Created by Andrew Davies
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Ended
November 18, 1990
55m
1 · 4 episodes
English

Ian Richardson
Francis Urquhart

Susannah Harker
Mattie Storin

Miles Anderson
Roger O'Neill

Alphonsia Emmanuel
Penny Guy

Malcolm Tierney
Patrick Woolton

Diane Fletcher
Elizabeth Urquhart

William Chubb
John Krajewski
David Lyon
Henry Collingridge

Isabelle Amyes
Anne Collingridge

James Villiers
Charles Collingridge
Christopher Owen
Peter McKenzie

Damien Thomas
Michael Samuels
Nicholas Selby
Lord Billsborough

Kenny Ireland
Ben Landless

Colin Jeavons
Tim Stamper
Kenneth Gilbert
Harold Earle