House of Cards (UK TV series)
| House of Cards | |
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| Based on |
House of Cards by Michael Dobbs |
| Written by |
Andrew Davies Michael Dobbs |
| Directed by | Paul Seed |
| Starring |
Ian Richardson Susannah Harker David Lyon Diane Fletcher |
| Music by | Jim Parker |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ken Riddington |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Distributor | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original release | 18 November – 9 December 1990 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | To Play the King |
House of Cards is a 1990 British political television drama serial in four episodes, set after the end of Margaret Thatcher's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It was televised by the BBC from 18 November to 9 December 1990, to critical and popular acclaim.
Andrew Davies adapted the story from a novel written by Michael Dobbs, a former Chief of Staff at Conservative Party headquarters. Neville Teller also dramatised Dobbs's novel for BBC World Service in 1996, and it had two television sequels (To Play the King and The Final Cut). The opening and closing theme music for those TV series is entitled "Francis Urquhart's March."
House of Cards was ranked 84th in the British Film Institute list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes in 2000. In 2013, the serial and the Dobbs novel were the basis for a US adaptation set in Washington, D.C., commissioned and released by Netflix.
The antihero of House of Cards is Francis Urquhart, a fictional Chief Whip of the Conservative Party, played by Ian Richardson. The plot follows his amoral and manipulative scheme to become leader of the governing party and, thus, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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