Westminster's Secret Service
Westminster's Secret Service
Release: 1995-05-21
·Runtime: 60m
Documentary
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Cast
John Major
as Self (Archive Footage)
Norman Tebbit
as Self
Nigel Lawson
as Self (Archive Footage)
Iain Duncan Smith
as Self
Stephen Dorrell
as Self
John Prescott
as Self (Archive Footage)
Margaret Thatcher
as Self (Archive Footage)
Michael Cockerell
as Self
Rupert Allason
as Self
Dennis Skinner
as Self (Archive Footage)