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House of Cards( 1990)

TV-MAWar & PoliticsComedyDrama
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Overview

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.

  1. Andrew Davies

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Ian Richardson

    Francis Urquhart

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    Susannah Harker

    Mattie Storin

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    Malcolm Tierney

    Patrick Woolton

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    Alphonsia Emmanuel

    Penny Guy

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    Diane Fletcher

    Elizabeth Urquhart

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    William Chubb

    John Krajewski

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    Isabelle Amyes

    Anne Collingridge

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    Nicholas Selby

    Lord Billsborough

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    David Lyon

    Henry Collingridge

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    Colin Jeavons

    Tim Stamper

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    Miles Anderson

    Roger O'Neill

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Miniseries

1990 | 4 Episodes

Miniseries of House of Cards premiered on Nov 18 1990

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A review by CinemaSerf

9
Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 06 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 conceivably even more ambitious wife "Elizabeth" (Diane Fletcher) and taking advantage of the naive and malleable young journalist "Mattie" (Susannah Harker) he starts on a wonderfu...

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Facts

Status

Ended

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Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • miniseries
  • british politics
  • british prime minister
  • political intrigue 
  • conservative party