Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 1986
First Among Equals
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.
The story
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.
The seasons
Season 1
Miniseries
Season details
The series follows the careers and personal lives of four fictional British politicians, with each vying to become Prime Minister.
Cast
Tom WilkinsonRaymond Gould
James FaulknerSimon Kerslake
David RobbAndrew Fraser
Jeremy ChildCharles Seymour
Joanna DavidElizabeth Kerslake
Jane BookerFiona Seymour
Clive SwiftAlec Pimkin
Anita CareyJoyce Gould
Diana HardcastleLouise Fraser
Basil MossRobert Atkinson
Linal HaftRonnie Nethercote
T.R. BowenHenry Lindsay
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Paola DionisottiHilary Turner
Barry LoweStan Fulton
Toria FullerKate Hamilton
Simon WilliamsAlexander Dalglish
Peter CartwrightChristopher Morland
David McKailDouglas Stewart
Peter EllisTom Gould
Roger NottOwen Jenkins
Jonathan AdamsKenneth Hollander
John FortuneClive Reynolds
Bert ParnabyGeorge Bainbridge
Harriet BagnallAmanda Wallace · Amanda Seymour
Andrew KeirSir Duncan Fraser
Tony SteedmanLeslie Anderson
Alan MeadowsDenis Carson
Roger RowlandRobin Oakley · Chairman of the 1922 Committee
Ken MorganDennis Thomas
Robert JamesHugh McKenzie
Judi MaynardAlison McKenzie
Olive PendletonJoan Bainbridge
Peter RaffanJamie
Ian BlowerGeorge Hand
Joe BelcherTaxi Driver
Bethan Rhys WiliamSusie
George HaganButler
John KeyworthPoliceman
Robert PetersCivil Servant
Don FellowsAmerican Diplomat
Wilfred HarrisonSpeaker
Robert MacKinnonCabinet Member
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