The Final Cut is a 1995 BBC television serial, the third and final part of the House of Cards trilogy. Directed by Mike Vardy, the serial, based on Michael Dobbs's 1995 novel of the same name, was adapted for television by Andrew Davies. It details the conclusion of Francis Urquhart's reign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The serial opens with Prime Minister Francis Urquhart burying his dog, followed by the state funeral of his predecess...
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The Final Cut is a 1995 BBC television serial, the third and final part of the House of Cards trilogy. Directed by Mike Vardy, the serial, based on Michael Dobbs's 1995 novel of the same name, was adapted for television by Andrew Davies. It details the conclusion of Francis Urquhart's reign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The serial opens with Prime Minister Francis Urquhart burying his dog, followed by the state funeral of his predecessor, Margaret Thatcher. Urquhart publicly praises Thatcher as his mentor, but privately begrudges her longevity and her record as the longest-serving Prime Minister, a record that Urquhart himself is soon to surpass.
To emulate Thatcher's Falklands War, Urquhart champions a solution to the Cyprus dispute between Greek and Turkish Cypriots ("to inscribe my name in history", as he put it). While boundaries are fixed by five international judges, Urquhart – prompted by his wife Elizabeth – is secretly working to bring offshore oil deposits under...
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