
21/05/1995
Whips pride themselves on their secrecy and discretion. Reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers their shadowy world and reveals how they operate. How close to reality is the fictional Chief Whip Francis Urquhart, in the drama series House of Cards? Government Whips can make or break ministers and ensure they know all the secrets of the private lives of their fellow MPs. One Tory MP claims that the Whips are a gestapo, but another says they are democracy's unsung heroes - as necessary for Parliament as sewers are for civilisation.

Michael Cockerell
as Self

Rupert Allason
as Self

Joe Ashton
as Self

Eric Clarke
as Self

Geoffrey Dickens
as Self

Stephen Dorrell
as Self

Jim Dowd
as Self

Iain Duncan Smith
as Self

Tim Fortescue
as Self

Derek Foster
as Self

Tristan Garel-Jones
as Self

Will Howie
as Self

Nigel Lawson
as Self (Archive Footage)

David Lightbown
as Self

John Major
as Self (Archive Footage)

Gordon McMaster
as Self

Robert Mellish
as Self

Michael Neubert
as Self

Jon Owen Jones
as Self

Cecil Parkinson
as Self

Ray Powell
as Self

John Prescott
as Self (Archive Footage)

Hugh Rossi
as Self

Edward Short
as Self

Norman Tebbit
as Self

Margaret Thatcher
as Self (Archive Footage)

William Whitelaw
as Self

Betty Boothroyd
as Self (Archive Footage)

Dennis Skinner
as Self (Archive Footage)
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