To Play the King
UK,
1993, 59 min
Plots(1)
The antagonism between the caring king and his callous PM, Francis Urquhart, develops into full confrontation, as Urquhart accuses the king of trying to organise a bloodless coup against the government. (BBC)
Cast
![Ian Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269363_402234.jpg)
Ian Richardson
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Final Cut (1995) (series)
![Michael Kitchen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/147/172/147172512_96f55e.jpg)
Michael Kitchen
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Chancer (1990) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Kitty Aldridge
Bahrain
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Heartbeat (1992) (series)
![Colin Jeavons](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/443/160443104_a90553.jpg)
Colin Jeavons
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
![Diane Fletcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/225/158225610_d4b249.gif)
Diane Fletcher
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Endeavour (2012) (series)
![Nicholas Farrell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/418/418990_b290b0.jpg)
Nicholas Farrell
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
To Play the King (1993) (series)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
![Rowena King](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/560/160560954_440257.jpg)
Rowena King
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Grey's Anatomy (2005) (series)
Lie to Me (2009) (series)
Bernice Stegers
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Genius (2017) (series)
Strike Back (2010) (series)
![David Ryall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445193_e1a0ad.jpg)
David Ryall
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
State of Play (2003) (series)
![Nick Brimble](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272741_1095fd.jpg)
Nick Brimble
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
House of Cards (1990) (series)
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986) (series)
![Pip Torrens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525281_c33eb1.png)
Pip Torrens
UK
Best series:
The Crown (2016) (series)
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Black Mirror (2011) (series)
![Don Warrington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/452/161452248_042a83.jpg)
Don Warrington
Trinidad and Tobago
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Death in Paradise (2011) (series)
Frederick Trevers
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
To Play the King (1993) (series)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
![Merelina Kendall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318066_a762e8.jpg)
Merelina Kendall
Best series:
The Storyteller (1987) (series)
To Play the King (1993) (series)
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
![Susannah Harker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/202/163202994_58f2e6.jpg)
Susannah Harker (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
To Play the King (1993) (series) - actor, a.f.
House of Cards (1990) (series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995) (series)