A ten-part serial based on Jeffrey Archer's 1984 novel of the same name, which follows the careers and personal lives of a quartet of fictional Parliament members from 1964 to 1991, with each vying to become Prime Minister.
Raymond Gould
Simon Kerslake
Andrew Fraser
Charles Seymour
Elizabeth Kerslake
Fiona Seymour
Alec Pimkin
Joyce Gould
Louise Fraser
Robert Atkinson
Ronnie Nethercote
Henry Lindsay
Hilary Turner
Stan Fulton
Kate Hamilton
Alexander Dalglish
Christopher Morland
Douglas Stewart
Tom Gould
Owen Jenkins
Kenneth Hollander
Clive Reynolds
George Bainbridge
Amanda Wallace, Amanda Seymour
Sir Duncan Fraser
Leslie Anderson
Denis Carson
Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Robin Oakley
Dennis Thomas
Hugh McKenzie
Alison McKenzie
Joan Bainbridge
Jamie
George Hand
Taxi Driver
Susie
Butler
Policeman
Civil Servant
American Diplomat