Lord of Misrule

Overview

Comedy drama. Retired Lord Chancellor Bill Webster decides to sell his memoirs to a tabloid newspaper in order to save his crumbling Cornish house. The Prime Minister wants to stop him as he believes the government will fall if his book is published. One of Bill's old girlfriends, now the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, is sent to try and stop him, but also on his trail is a tabloid journalist who senses a scoop.

Cast

Richard Wilson

Bill Webster

Emily Mortimer

Emma

Stephen Moyer

Olly

Andy Hamilton

Editor

Jeff Rawle

Derek

Clive Russell

Arthur

James Fleet

Prime Minister

Prunella Scales

Shirley

Martin Clunes

Minister of Defence

Mark Benton

Antler Man

Rob Brydon

Cornish Policeman

Peter Sullivan

Dr. Glanville