
To Play the King(1993)
Francis Urquhart's survival at the top is threatened by the new king's populist agenda.


“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.

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
House of Cards is a war & politics, comedy, drama series that first aired in 1990 exploring themes of based on novel or book, miniseries, british politics, british prime minister, political intrigue . Created by Michael Dobbs, it stars Ian Richardson, Susannah Harker, Malcolm Tierney. 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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