Directed by:
Paul SeedScreenplay:
Andrew DaviesComposer:
Jim ParkerCast:
Ian Richardson, Susannah Harker, David Lyon, Miles Anderson, Alphonsia Emmanuel, Diane Fletcher, James Villiers, Colin Jeavons, Nicholas Selby, Damien Thomas (more)VOD (1)
Episodes(4)
Plots(1)
Adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies, House of Cards is a spell-binding dissection of naked ambition, greed and rampant hypocrisy in the corridors of power. The series documents in thrilling detail the rise of Tory Chief Whip Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson), a man with unwavering contempt for those with "no background, no bottom.” With the downfall of Margaret Thatcher, a bitter internecine power struggle ensues within the Conservative Party. Urquhart schemes more devilishly than Iago to depose Thatcher's colorless John Major-style successor. And even Machiavelli would baulk at Urquhart's methods. Any and every act - including murder - is legitimate and the ends very much justify the means. (BBC)
(more)Cast
![Ian Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269363_402234.jpg)
Ian Richardson
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Final Cut (1995) (series)
![Susannah Harker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/202/163202994_58f2e6.jpg)
Susannah Harker
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series) - actor, a.f.
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)
![David Lyon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/263/158263722_4becc5.jpg)
David Lyon
Sierra Leone
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Miles Anderson
Zimbabwe
Best series:
The Bureau (2015) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) (series)
Alphonsia Emmanuel
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Lovejoy (1986) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Diane Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225610_d4b249.gif)
Diane Fletcher
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
![James Villiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165037_e3e6fb.jpg)
James Villiers
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
![Colin Jeavons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/443/160443104_a90553.jpg)
Colin Jeavons
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
![Nicholas Selby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/451/161451351_ea7df5.jpg)
Nicholas Selby
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Damien Thomas
Egypt
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) (series)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Christopher Owen
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Kenneth Gilbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/088/160088253_121e07.jpg)
Kenneth Gilbert
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Hustle (2004) (series)
![Isabelle Amyes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360342_20c76a.jpg)
Isabelle Amyes
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Famous Five (1995) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Raymond Mason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360946_5bd419.jpg)
Raymond Mason
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Fawlty Towers (1975) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
![Jeff Nuttall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/281/159281894_3b8242.jpg)
Jeff Nuttall
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Tenth Kingdom (2000) (series)
Sally Faulkner
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
![Gertan Klauber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/477/161477615_66701b.jpg)
Gertan Klauber
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Nadim Sawalha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906656_80718a.jpg)
Nadim Sawalha
Jordan
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
![Eric Allan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379339_a4ca9d.jpg)
Eric Allan
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
The New Avengers (1976) (series)
![Geoffrey Bateman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712102_890415.jpg)
Geoffrey Bateman
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)