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National Theatre Live: This House

It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority government by sending its whips out wheeling and dealing with the Liberals, Scottish Nationalists and Northern Irish politicians. But this fragile alliance lasts only until October, when another election is called. This time, Labour win with a tiny majority of just three. Now things get tougher as old cross-Party agreements break down and even sick and dying MPs are wheeled into the chamber to cast their votes! James Graham's acclaimed new play whisks us back to the days of the UK's previous hung Parliament, when politics got really dirty in the battle for power.

2013 |2h 39m |  Comedy, Drama

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Vincent Franklin

Michael Cocks

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Phil Daniels

Bob Mellish

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Lauren O'Neill

Ann Taylor

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Julian Wadham

Humphrey Atkins

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Charles Edwards

Jack Weatherill

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Reece Dinsdale

Walter Harrison

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David Hounslow

Joe Harper

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Gunnar Cauthery

Clockmaker / Peebles / Redditch / Birmingham Perry Barr

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Christopher Godwin

Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles

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Andrew Havill

Walsall North / Serjeant at ArmsAct 1 / Speaker Act 2 / Plymouth Sutton

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Helena Lymbery

Rochester & Chatham / Welwyn & Hatfield / Coventry South West / Lady Batley

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Matthew Pidgeon

Paddington South / Chelmsford / South Ayrshire / Henley

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Rupert Vansittart

Esher / Belfast West

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Status

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Language

English

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