Season 1 · Episode 2 — Part 2
Having sacked his Parliamentary Private Secretary, Urquhart casts about for a replacement. At the suggestion of Geoffrey Booza Pitt he gives serious consideration to backbench MP Claire Carlsen, despite the fact that she is carrying on an affair with Foreign Secretary Tom Makepeace. Claire is clearly playing both sides of the fence to ensure her own place in the hierarchy, regardless of what the future may hold.
Season 1 episodes
E1Approaching his 65th birthday, PM Francis Urquhart begins to see the end of his career. Not that he has the intention of resigning anytime…
E2Having sacked his Parliamentary Private Secretary, Urquhart casts about for a replacement. At the suggestion of Geoffrey Booza Pitt he give…
E3Having resigned as Foreign Secretary, Makepeace launches a blistering attack in the House of Commons directed not only at the government in…
E4Not having secured enough votes on the first ballot to retain the party leadership, Urquhart plots to not only keep him in place as PM but…