Plot
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.
Cast
as Francis Urquhart
as Mattie Storin
as Patrick Woolton
as Penny Guy
as Elizabeth Urquhart
as John Krajewski
as Anne Collingridge
as Lord Billsborough
as Henry Collingridge
as Tim Stamper
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
November 18, 1990
Last Aired Date
December 9, 1990
Production Companies
BBC
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
4
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Reviews
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 mis…