Westminster's Secret Service (1995)
1h
Running Time
May 21, 1995Release Date

Westminster's Secret Service (1995)
1h
Running Time
May 21, 1995Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Michael Cockerell
Self

Rupert Allason
Self

Joe Ashton
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Eric Clarke
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Geoffrey Dickens
Self

Stephen Dorrell
Self

Jim Dowd
Self

Iain Duncan Smith
Self

Tim Fortescue
Self

Derek Foster
Self

Tristan Garel-Jones
Self

Will Howie
Self

Nigel Lawson
Self (Archive Footage)

David Lightbown
Self

John Major
Self (Archive Footage)

Gordon McMaster
Self

Robert Mellish
Self

Michael Neubert
Self

Jon Owen Jones
Self

Cecil Parkinson
Self

Ray Powell
Self

John Prescott
Self (Archive Footage)

Hugh Rossi
Self

Edward Short
Self

Norman Tebbit
Self

Margaret Thatcher
Self (Archive Footage)

William Whitelaw
Self

Betty Boothroyd
Self (Archive Footage)

Dennis Skinner
Self (Archive Footage)

Alison Cahn
Producer

Manisha Vadhia
Producer

Anne Tyerman
Editor

Kerry Dalton
Production Manager

Patrick Bedeau
Graphic Designer

Cliff Jones
Mix Technician

Roger Stamp
Sound

Ray Sieman
Camera Operator

Phil Reynolds
Editor
