Francis Urquhart still talks to the camera like he is a wily old friend. However the audience now thinks he is less like a jovial uncle.
Prime Minister Collingridge is mortally wounded by the share allegations against his brother and resigns.
The runners and riders set off for the Tory leadership. Francis holds back, he needs to destabilise the other riders before he throws his hat into the ring.
Mattie Storin finds the PM's errant brother in a rehabilitation clinic. She realises that he is in no state to be involved in the share scandal. She thinks that the PM was fitted up but she has no idea who it might be.
Mattie also starts a sexual affair with Francis. More revealingly she calls him daddy.
When the series was broadcast, the nation had just gone through a leadership contest after Margaret Thatcher's resignation. This episode tapped into the heady atmosphere and intrigue relating to such contests. The behind the scenes manoeuvring, getting endorsements of the press.
It is still a fast moving episode, such pace and economy by writer Andrew Davies.
Prime Minister Collingridge is mortally wounded by the share allegations against his brother and resigns.
The runners and riders set off for the Tory leadership. Francis holds back, he needs to destabilise the other riders before he throws his hat into the ring.
Mattie Storin finds the PM's errant brother in a rehabilitation clinic. She realises that he is in no state to be involved in the share scandal. She thinks that the PM was fitted up but she has no idea who it might be.
Mattie also starts a sexual affair with Francis. More revealingly she calls him daddy.
When the series was broadcast, the nation had just gone through a leadership contest after Margaret Thatcher's resignation. This episode tapped into the heady atmosphere and intrigue relating to such contests. The behind the scenes manoeuvring, getting endorsements of the press.
It is still a fast moving episode, such pace and economy by writer Andrew Davies.
