To Play The King is a 1993 BBC television serial, the second part of the House of Cards trilogy. Directed by Paul Seed, the serial was based on the Michael Dobbs novel of the same name and adapted for television by Andrew Davies. It details the conflict between British Prime Minister Francis Urquhart and a newly crowned king.
The book and TV serialisation follow on from the TV version of the first part of the trilogy. To Play the King (and the fi...
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To Play The King is a 1993 BBC television serial, the second part of the House of Cards trilogy. Directed by Paul Seed, the serial was based on the Michael Dobbs novel of the same name and adapted for television by Andrew Davies. It details the conflict between British Prime Minister Francis Urquhart and a newly crowned king.
The book and TV serialisation follow on from the TV version of the first part of the trilogy. To Play the King (and the final part The Final Cut) reflect upon the end of the first series which saw Urquhart murder Storin before becoming Prime Minister. (The ending of the House of Cards novel has Urquhart committing suicide when confronted by journalist Mattie Storin.)
The serial opens with the coronation of the new monarch upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II and revolves around Francis Urquhart's political battles with the newly-crowned King, portrayed by Michael Kitchen. Although his name is never mentioned, the portrayal of his divorced wife and son and a brief...
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