Westminster's Secret Service
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.
Movie Information
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)
20 Movies Similar