BBC: House of Cards Trilogy. Series 1: House of Cards (1990)

Political drama doesn't get more near the knuckle than Michael Dobbs' trilogy, adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies and originally broadcast in the post-Thatcher years of the early 1990s. A splendid dissection of naked ambition, greed and rampant hypocrisy in the corridors of power, the original four-part series documents in thrilling detail the rise of Tory Chief Whip Francis Urquhart (magnificent Ian Richardson), a man who likes to "put the stick about a bit" and has unwavering contempt for those with "no background, no bottom". With the downfall of Margaret Thatcher, a bitter internecine power struggle ensues within the Conservative Party. Urquhart schemes more devilishly than Iago to depose Thatcher's colourless John Major-style successor. And even Machiavelli would baulk at Urquhart's methods: any and every act--including murder--are legitimate as the end very much justifies the means. Idealistic journalist Matti Storin (Susannah Harker) becomes embroiled in Urquhart's nefarious plans (and ends up in his bed) as she attempts to question him about what's really going on: "You might think so, I couldn't possibly comment," is Urquhart's mantra of hypocrisy.


Director: Paul Seed
Writers: Michael Dobbs (novel), Andrew Davies (adaptation)
Ian Richardson… Francis Urquhart
Susannah Harker… Mattie Storin
Miles Anderson… Roger O'Neill
David Lyon… Prime Minister Henry Collingridge
Malcolm Tierney… Patrick Woolton
Nicholas Selby… Lord Billsborough
Alphonsia Emmanuel… Penny Guy
James Villiers… Charles Collingridge
Kenny Ireland… Ben Landless
Diane Fletcher… Elizabeth Urquhart
Isabelle Amyes… Anne Collingridge
William Chubb… John Krajewski
John Hartley… Greville Preston
Kenneth Gilbert… Harold Earle
Christopher Owen… McKenzie


More info - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098825/

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