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  • The Lords' Tale (2002)
  • TV Movie | 105 min | Documentary
The Lords' Tale (2002)
TV Movie | 105 min | Documentary

This film documents the preparations and the impact of an important historic change to the UK's political process: the abolition of many hereditary peers - Lords whose title is handed down from father/mother to son/daughter as opposed to ...See moreThis film documents the preparations and the impact of an important historic change to the UK's political process: the abolition of many hereditary peers - Lords whose title is handed down from father/mother to son/daughter as opposed to those whose title is earned by their actions. Who and what will replace these hereditary peers as the upper house at Westminster? Written by Anonymous See less
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Nov 3, 2002 (United Kingdom)

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37 cast members
Name Known for
Lord Nazir Ahmed
Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Ahmed) Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Ahmed)   See fewer
Jack Ashley
Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Ashley of Stoke) Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Ashley of Stoke)   See fewer
Margaret Beckett
Self - Leader of the House of Commons (as The Rt Hon. Margaret Beckett MP) Self - Leader of the House of Commons (as The Rt Hon. Margaret Beckett MP)   See fewer
David Allan Bethell 5th Baron Westbury
Self - Title Created 1861: Conservative (as Lord Westbury) Self - Title Created 1861: Conservative (as Lord Westbury)   See fewer
Ursula Bethell
Self (as Lady Westbury) Self (as Lady Westbury)   See fewer
Richard H.P. Butler 17th Viscount Mountgarret
Self - Title Created 1550: Cross-Bencher (as Lord Mountgarret) Self - Title Created 1550: Cross-Bencher (as Lord Mountgarret)   See fewer
Angus Campbell-Gray
Self - Title Created 1445: Conservative (as Lord Gray) Self - Title Created 1445: Conservative (as Lord Gray)   See fewer
Peter Carrington
Self - Title Created 1796: Conservative (as Lord Carrington) Self - Title Created 1796: Conservative (as Lord Carrington)   See fewer
John Corbett 4th Baron Rowallan
Self - Title Created 1911: Conservative (as Lord Rowallan) Self - Title Created 1911: Conservative (as Lord Rowallan)   See fewer
Michael Davies
Self - Chief Clerk of the Parliaments Self - Chief Clerk of the Parliaments   See fewer
John Willoughby Denison-Pender 3rd Baron Pender
Self - Title Created 1937: Conservative (as Lord Pender) Self - Title Created 1937: Conservative (as Lord Pender)   See fewer
Doreen Miller Baroness Miller of Hendon
Self - Life Peer: Conservative (as Baroness Miller of Hendon) Self - Life Peer: Conservative (as Baroness Miller of Hendon)   See fewer
The Earl of Onslow
Self - Title Created 1801: Conservative Self - Title Created 1801: Conservative   See fewer
Miles Fitzalan-Howard
Self - Title Created 1483: Conservative Self - Title Created 1483: Conservative   See fewer
Thomas Galbraith
Self - Leader of the Opposition; Title Created 1955: Conservative (as Lord Strathclyde) Self - Leader of the Opposition; Title Created 1955: Conservative (as Lord Strathclyde)   See fewer
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Self - Title Created 1603: Conservative (as Viscount Cranborne) Self - Title Created 1603: Conservative (as Viscount Cranborne)   See fewer
Merlin Hay
Self - Title Created 1452: Cross-Bencher (as Earl of Erroll) Self - Title Created 1452: Cross-Bencher (as Earl of Erroll)   See fewer
Henry Alexander Hepburne-Scott
Self - Title Created 1690: Conservative (as Lord Polwarth) Self - Title Created 1690: Conservative (as Lord Polwarth)   See fewer
Patricia Hollis
Self - Minister of Social Security & Life Peer: Labour (as Baroness Hollis of Heigham) Self - Minister of Social Security & Life Peer: Labour (as Baroness Hollis of Heigham)   See fewer
Derry Irvine
Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Irvine of Lairg) Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Irvine of Lairg)   See fewer
Margaret Jay
Self - Leader of the House of Lords & Life Peer: Labour (as Baroness Jay of Paddington) Self - Leader of the House of Lords & Life Peer: Labour (as Baroness Jay of Paddington)   See fewer
Martin Jelley
Self - Senior Attendant (as Mr Jelley) Self - Senior Attendant (as Mr Jelley)   See fewer
Edward Jones
Self - Black Rod (as General Sir Edward Jones) Self - Black Rod (as General Sir Edward Jones)   See fewer
Gerald Kaufman
Self - Labour (as Gerald Kaufman MP) Self - Labour (as Gerald Kaufman MP)   See fewer
James Landale
Self - The Times Self - The Times   See fewer
Hugh John Frederick Lawson 6th Baron Burnham
Self - Title Created 1903: Conservative Deputy Chief Whip (as Lord Burnham) Self - Title Created 1903: Conservative Deputy Chief Whip (as Lord Burnham)   See fewer
William Lloyd George
Self - Title Created 1957: Cross-Bencher (as Viscount Tenby) Self - Title Created 1957: Cross-Bencher (as Viscount Tenby)   See fewer
Benjamin Mancroft
Self - Title Created 1932: Conservative (as Lord Mancroft) Self - Title Created 1932: Conservative (as Lord Mancroft)   See fewer
Michael Henry Marsham 7th Earl of Romney
Self - Hereditary Peer: Conservative (as Earl of Romney) Self - Hereditary Peer: Conservative (as Earl of Romney)   See fewer
Francis David Ormsby-Gore 6th Baron Harlech
Self - Title Created 1886: Conservative (as Lord Harlech) Self - Title Created 1886: Conservative (as Lord Harlech)   See fewer
Malcolm Ross
Self - Controller, Lord Great Chamberlains Office (as Sir Malcolm Ross) Self - Controller, Lord Great Chamberlains Office (as Sir Malcolm Ross)   See fewer
Conrad Russell 5th Earl Russell
Self - Title Created 1861: Lib Dem (as Earl Russell) Self - Title Created 1861: Lib Dem (as Earl Russell)   See fewer
Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley 8th Baron Sheffield
Self - Title Created 1839: Conservative (as Lord Stanley) Self - Title Created 1839: Conservative (as Lord Stanley)   See fewer
Andrew Stone
Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Stone of Blackheath) Self - Life Peer: Labour (as Lord Stone of Blackheath)   See fewer
Charles Stourton 26th Baron Mowbray
Self - Title Created 1283: Conservative (as Lord Mowbray) Self - Title Created 1283: Conservative (as Lord Mowbray)   See fewer
Robert Washington Shirley 13th Earl Ferrers
Self - Title Created 1711: Conservative (as Earl Ferrers) Self - Title Created 1711: Conservative (as Earl Ferrers)   See fewer
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