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The Final Cut

Year:

1996

Duration:

206 min (4 parts)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

8.2

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1996-02-04

Filming Locations: Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Nick Brimble

The Final Cut

Erika Hoffman

Ian Richardson

Francis Urquhart

Diane Fletcher

Elizabeth Urquhart

Paul Freeman

Tom Makepeace

Isla Blair

Claire Carlsen (4 episodes, 1995)

Nickolas Grace

Geoffrey Booza Pitt

Glyn Grain

Rayner (4 episodes, 1995)

Dorothy Vernon

Speaker (4 episodes, 1995)

Andrew Seear

Wolfin (4 episodes, 1995)

Peter Symonds

Polecutt (4 episodes, 1995)

John Rowe

Sir Clive Watling

Yolanda Vazquez

Maria Passolides (3 episodes, 1995)

Duggie Brown

Joe Badger (3 episodes, 1995)

Kevork Malikyan

Nures

David Ryall

Sir Bruce Bullerby

Joseph Long

President Nicolaou

Cherith Mellor

Hilary Makepeace (2 episodes, 1995)

Leon Lissek

Evanghelos Passolides

Tom Beasley

Young King

Richard Bebb

Political Commentator (2 episodes, 1995)

Sue Edelson

Newsreader (2 episodes, 1995)

David Ashford

Newsreader / ... (2 episodes, 1995)

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Trivia

Ian Richardson agreed to reprise the role of Francis Urquhart on the condition that Urquhart would finally get his well-earned comeuppance for his many evil deeds.

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Michael Dobbs, the author of the original book, was angered at the opening scene depicting Margaret Thatcher's funeral. As a result he demanded his name be removed from the credits which just say "Based on the novel The Final Cut" without mentioning his name.

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Goofs

When the security man at No. 10 enters the Urquharts' bedroom with his pistol drawn and at the ready, the gun actually has no live round in the chamber and is thus not ready to fire (we can tell this by the fact that the Glock's trigger is to the rear, which would not be the case if the action had been cycled to chamber a round).

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Quotes

Tom Makepeace: To quote the prime minister, "You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment."

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