Crossing the Floor
Crossing the Floor
Release: 1996-10-05
·Runtime: 70m
·★ 6.7
TV Movie
Comedy
Drama
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Cast
Norman Bird
as Grandfather
Neil Pearson
as Tom Peel
James Ellis
as Andrew Carson
Andy Hamilton
as Daily Comet Editor
Julian Fellowes
as Sir Mortimer Fawkes
Moray Hunter
as Down and Out
Carolyn Pickles
as Returning Officer
Bill Wallis
as Local Party Leader
Bill Thomas
as Boozer McGill
Paula Jacobs
as Madam Speaker
Tony Gardner
as TV Interviewer
Sophie Dix
as Ambulance Woman
Jasper Jacob
as Liberal Democrat
James Fleet
as Prime Minister
Clive Russell
as Mick Boyd
Jonathan Cullen
as Michael Hilton
Mark Benton
as Ambulance Man
Tom Wilkinson
as David Hanratty
Diana Kent
as Alison Hanratty
Helen Baxendale
as Ruth Clarke
Douglas Henshall
as Clive Colville
Meera Syal
as Reporter
Rosemary Martin
as Janet Pearce
Geoffrey Whitehead
as Asst. Chief Constable Turpin
