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To Play the King

Year:

1996

Duration:

218 min (4 parts)

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

8.5

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1996-10-08

Filming Locations: BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Nick Brimble

To Play the King

Erika Hoffman

Ian Richardson

Francis Urquhart

Michael Kitchen

The King

Kitty Aldridge

Sarah Harding

Colin Jeavons

Tim Stamper

Diane Fletcher

Elizabeth Urquhart

Nicholas Farrell

David Mycroft

Rowena King

Chloe Carmichael

Leonard Preston

John Stroud (4 episodes, 1993)

Jack Fortune

Ken Charterhouse (4 episodes, 1993)

Bernice Stegers

Princess Charlotte (3 episodes, 1993)

David Ryall

Sir Bruce Bullerby

Pip Torrens

Andrew Harding

Frederick Treves

Lord Quillington (3 episodes, 1993)

Tom Beasley

Young Prince / ... (3 episodes, 1993)

Don Warrington

Graham Gaunt (3 episodes, 1993)

Paula Tilbrook

Speaker (3 episodes, 1993)

John Bird

Bryan Brynford-Jones

Kate Ricketts

Current Affairs Lady (2 episodes, 1993)

Merelina Kendall

Hilda Cordwainer (2 episodes, 1993)

Anthony Smee

John Staines (2 episodes, 1993)

John Paul Connolly

Sturdy Beggar (2 episodes, 1993)

Soo Drouet

Big Woman (2 episodes, 1993)

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Trivia

On the DVD commentary, Ian Richardson says he felt that Nicholas Farrell (David Mycroft) had one of the hardest roles in the trilogy, due to Mycroft's bisexuality.

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Emma Bunton (the future "Baby Spice") has a tiny speaking part as a prostitute in Episode 2.

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Stamper confronts Francis about having a job in higher office after the election, like Home Secretary, but Francis rejects him. In the first House of Cards, Francis was promised a higher post like Home Secretary from Collingridge, but was rejected.

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Quotes

Francis Urquhart: Remember that frightfully nice man who talked a lot about 'the classless society'? He had to go, of course, in the end.

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Francis Urquhart: You do trust me don't you? Yes, of course you do.

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Francis Urquhart: We are by God a nation of fierce bad rabbits.

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