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
as Francis Urquhart
Susannah Harker
as Mattie Storin
Malcolm Tierney
as Patrick Woolton
Alphonsia Emmanuel
as Penny Guy
Diane Fletcher
as Elizabeth Urquhart
William Chubb
as John Krajewski
Isabelle Amyes
as Anne Collingridge
Nicholas Selby
as Lord Billsborough
David Lyon
as Henry Collingridge
Colin Jeavons
as Tim Stamper
Miles Anderson
as Roger O'Neill
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