Seasoned politician Francis Urquhart tries to establish his legacy before retirement by negotiating an end to the Cyprus, but the island hides secrets from his past that could destroy him.
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Ian Richardson
Francis Urquhart
Diane Fletcher
Elizabeth Urquhart
Paul Freeman
Tom Makepeace
Isla Blair
Claire Carlsen
Nickolas Grace
Geoffrey Booza Pitt
Glyn Grain
Rayner
Nick Brimble
Corder
Dorothy Vernon
Speaker
Andrew Seear
Wolfin
Peter Symonds
Polecutt
Yolanda Vazquez
Maria Passolides
David Ryall
Sir Bruce Bullerby
John Rowe
Sir Clive Watling
Miniseries
4 episodes · 1995
Seasoned politician Francis Urquhart tries to establish his legacy before retirement by negotiating an end to the Cyprus, but the island hides secrets from his past that could destroy him.
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2002
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2019
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2006
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1976
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2017
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2023
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1983
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1962
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2024
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1964
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2022
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2014
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1998
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1980
Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business.
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1979
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2018
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2017
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