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House of Cards :: Episode 1 (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

Episode 1

Episode #:

01x01

Original Airdate:

Sunday November 18th, 1990

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Episode Crew
Director:	Paul Seed
Writer:	Andrew Davies
Story:	Michael Dobbs

Episode Summary

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Tory Party Chief Whip Francis Urquhart decides to become Prime Minister of Great Britain and begins as campaign of weakening the incumbent as well as potential rivals for the position.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Alphonsia Emmanuel	played	Penny Guy	Recurring (first appearance)
•Angela Rippon	played	Newcaster	Recurring (first appearance)
•Christopher Owen (1)	played	McKenzie	Recurring (first appearance)
•Colin Jeavons	played	Stamper	Recurring (first appearance)
•David Lyon (1)	played	Henry Collingridge	Recurring (first appearance)
•Diane Fletcher	played	Elizabeth Urquhart	Recurring (first appearance)
•Isabelle Amyes	played	Anne Collingridge	Recurring (first appearance)
•James Villiers	played	Charles Collingridge	Recurring (first appearance)
•John Arnatt	played	Sir Jasper Grainger	Recurring (first appearance)
•John Hartley (1)	played	Greville Preston	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kenneth Gilbert (2)	played	Harold Earle	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kenny Ireland	played	Ben Landless	Recurring (first appearance)
•Malcolm Tierney	played	Patrick Woolton	Recurring (first appearance)
•Miles Anderson	played	Roger O'Neill	Recurring (first appearance)
•Nicholas Selby	played	Lord Billsborough	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tommy Boyle	played	Stephen Kendrick	Recurring (first appearance)
•William Chubb	played	John Krajewski	Recurring (first appearance)
•Colin Dudley	played	Speaker
•David Blake Kelly (1)	played	Charles Goodman
•Henrietta Voigts	played	Secretary
•Jeff Nuttall	played	Biggman
•Nadim Sawalha	played	Bank Manager
•Raymond Mason	played	Stoat
•Sally Faulkner	played	Health Minister
•Tariq Yunus	played	Jhabwala

Main Cast

•Susannah Harker	played	Mattie Storin
•Ian Richardson	played	Francis Urquhart

Other Episode Crew

• Producer	Ken Riddington
• Associate Producer	Jeremy Gwilt
• Production Designer	Ken Ledsham
• Editor	Howard Billingham
• Casting	Hayley Murt \| Anne Henderson
• Music	Jim Parker (3)
• Costume Designer	Rosalind Ebbutt
• Make-up	Helen Barrett
• Story Editor	Ellen Fraser