House of Cards
“He had Number 10 Downing Street in his hand!”
8.1(156)19901 Season4 Episodes~55m/epEnded
War & PoliticsComedyDrama
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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Andrew Davies
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BBC One
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Geronimo1967
1y ago
9.0
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 mist...
