Things to watch on Youtube: Ian Richardson radio interview

Played out to a photo of him in his famous role as Francis Urquhart the conniving Prime Minister in the original British version of House of Cards, is an Australian radio interview with Ian Richardson. Richardson based his performance as FU on a diplomat he met on a RSC tour of Japan. Richardson also talks about the time he played Sherlock Holmes in 2 films, he was actually contracted for 5 but the other 3 were not made due to the famed Granada series starring Jeremy Brett who was a friend of Richardson.