 
            
        Prime Minister Francis Urquhart is troubled with past deeds, and faced with a king insistent that politicians should have the interests of the populace more at heart.
 
                                    Ian Richardson
Francis Urquhart
 
                                    Kitty Aldridge
Sarah Harding
 
                                    Michael Kitchen
The King
 
                                    Colin Jeavons
Tim Stamper
 
                                    Nicholas Farrell
David Mycroft
 
                                    Rowena King
Chloe Carmichael
 
                                    Diane Fletcher
Elizabeth Urquhart
 
                                    Erika Hoffman
The Lady
 
                                    David Ryall
Sir Bruce Bullerby
 
                                    Bernice Stegers
Princess Charlotte
 
                                    Nick Brimble
Corder
 
                                    Jack Fortune
Ken Charterhouse
 
                                    Pip Torrens
Andrew Harding
 
                                    Don Warrington
Graham Gaunt
 
                                    Richard Durden
BBC Official
 
                                    Barry Linehan
Henry Hotson