

Web series
House of Cards
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.
- Status
- Ended
- Type
- Miniseries
- Last aired
- 1990-12-09
- Language
- English
BBC One
- based on novel or book
- miniseries
- british politics
- british prime minister
- political intrigue
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Air dates
- First aired
- 1990-11-18
- Latest episode
- 1990-12-09
- Status
- Ended
- Next release
- Completed
- Miniseries18 Nov 1990
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1- C9/10
CinemaSerf
6/6/2024
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 "Urquhart", the chief whip of a government under new leadership. It's "Collingwood" (David Lyon) who takes the top job, but when he decides against promoting this local secret-keeper, he makes quite a mistake. Fuelled by his …
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