< Head of State (1971)

EPISODE 1.3 (The Guardians) | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.7 (8)

Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | A delicate situation develops when the French President, due in London for talks, refuses to attend. He demands to meet the real head of state. With the Queen in self-imposed exile and the Prime Minister little more than a pawn of the General, who is the real head of state?

• Director: Robert Tronson
• Writer: John Bowen
• Writer: Rex Firkin
• Writer: Vincent Tilsley
• Cyril Luckham (64) - Sir Timothy Hobson
• Edward Petherbridge (35) - Christopher Hobson
• Derek Smith (44) - Dennis Norman
• Gwyneth Powell (25) - Clare Weston
• John Bryans - Bullmore
• Peter Howell (52) - Geoffrey Hollis
• Geoffrey Russell (46) - Henry James
• André Maranne (45) - Felicien de Bastion
• Stephen Yardley (29) - Cockney Guardian
• Ray Lonnen (31) - Brum Guardian
• Kenneth Gilbert (40) - Commentator
• Michael Smee (46) - TV Newscaster
• Kenneth Benda (69) - General
• Virginia Hewitt (46) - Dame Henrietta Baxter
• Simon Castles - Guardian Officer
• Lewis Alexander (61) - Minister
• John Caesar (45) - Guardian - Opening Titles
• Les Clark - Guardian - Opening Titles
• Aubrey Danvers-Walker (67) - Cabinet Minister
• John Tatham (60) - Minister