8. Curtains

"Be warned, the backbenches are heaped with the bones of yesterday's men." "Thank you, Dougal, but when it's time for me to go I'll choose my own time and my own method." "You're not hearing me, Charles. You've become too powerful. That's not allowed."

Chief Whip Charles Bannister is offered a new position...

Starring Julian Glover and Peter Kelly.

Conclusion of Christopher Lee's political thriller serial.

Charles Bannister .... Julian Glover
Dougal Baxter .... Peter Kelly
Mary Bannister .... Isla Blair
Henry Colville .... Christopher Benjamin
Rose .... Sheila Reid
Juliet Cameron .... Siobhan Redmond
Polly Bannister .... Ruth Gemmell

Producer Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1991.