Crossing the Floor (Original title)
Date: 05 October 1996 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Guy Jenkin
Synopsis: Political comedy drama. In a desperate bid to save his career, Home Secretary David Hanratty resigns from an unpopular Conservative government to join forces with the Labour Party and its new leader Tom Peel. Hanratty finds he has to juggle the demands of his wife and mistress and he soon reaches breaking point. Sequel to A VERY OPEN PRISON (Screen Two, tx. 26/3/1995).
Subject: Politics
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TV Transmissions
Date: 05 October 1996Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:30-22:45Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 05 October 1996 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Guy Jenkin
Synopsis: Political comedy drama. In a desperate bid to save his career, Home Secretary David Hanratty resigns from an unpopular Conservative government to join forces with the Labour Party and its new leader Tom Peel. Hanratty finds he has to juggle the demands of his wife and mistress and he soon reaches breaking point. Sequel to A VERY OPEN PRISON (Screen Two, tx. 26/3/1995).
Subject: Politics
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 05 October 1996Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:30-22:45Slot duration: 75 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Credits
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Production Company: Hat Trick Productions, Production Company: BBC, Executive Producer: David M. Thompson, Executive Producer: Denise O'Donoghue, Producer: Lissa Evans, Associate Producer: Avon Harpley, Production Manager: Ruth Kelly, Production Accountant: Adrian O'Brien, Location Manager: Simon Crawford Collins, Location Manager: Adam Bohling, Production Secretary: Katherine Albrechtsen, Production Runner: Jim Threapleton, Finn Mcgough, Film Researcher: Mabelle Penalver, 1st Assistant Director: Nick Rae, 2nd Assistant Director: Catrin Strong, 3rd Assistant Director: Carwyn Jones, Script Supervisor: Janice Schumm, Casting: Mary Selway, Casting: Sarah Trevis, Screenplay: Guy Jenkin, Director of Photography: Rob Kitzmann, Camera Operator: Peter Edwards, Assistant Camera: Bob Bennett, Ed Rutherford, Gaffer: Fritz Henry, Electrician: Phil Baker, Electrician: Rob Stewart, Grip: Andy Young, Assistant Grip: Julian Wright, Rigger: Steve McCarthy, Stills Photographer: Mike Vaughan, Visual Effects Designer: Andy Mcvean, Editor: Steve Tempia, Designer: Graeme Story, Art Director: Heather Gibson, Property Buyer: Penny Rollinson, Standby Props: Brian Pincham, Properties: Derek Bryett, Standby Props: Dennis Wiseman, Carpenter: Peter Wood, Costume Designer: Jo Thompson, Costume Design Assistant: Amanda Monk, Costume Assistant: Lindsey McLean, Costume Assistant: Steve O'Reilly, Neil Sweetmore, Makeup Designer: Deborah Taylor, Makeup Assistant: Karen Sherriff Brown, Alison Rowland, Telecine: Nick Adams, Vision control: Chris Methven, Music: Matthew Scott, Sound: Keith Nixon, Dubbing Mixer: Paul Langwade, Boom Operator: Ken James, Genny Operator: Steven Munro
Cast
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Tom Wilkinson (David Hanratty), Helen Baxendale (Ruth Clarke), Clive Russell (Mick Boyd), James Fleet (Prime Minister), Geoffrey Whitehead (Assistant Chief Constable Turpin), Jonathan Cullen (Michael Hilton), Andy Hamilton (Daily Comet editor), Neil Pearson (Tom Peel), Diana Kent (Alison Hanratty), Douglas Henshall (Clive Colville), Meera Syal (Reporter), James Ellis (Andrew Carson), Rosemary Martin (Janet Pearce), Paula Jacobs (Madam speaker), Julian Fellowes (Sir Mortimer Fawkes), Norman Bird (Grandfather), Moray Hunter (Down and out), Tony Gardner (Television interviewer), Carolyn Pickles (Returning Officer), Helena McCarthy (Old lady), Bill Wallis (Local party leader), Bill Thomas (Boozer McGill), Malene Christian (Granddaughter), Mark Benton (Ambulance man), Sophie Dix (Ambulance woman), Jonathan Stratt (Policeman), Jasper Jacob (Liberal Democrat), Harvey Ashby, John Baddeley, Steve Nallon (Voiceover artiste)