Meet the Lords Joining the Club (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Meet the Lords

Joining the Club (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

In this first edition we meet some of the colourful characters that populate the House, including new people's peers, hereditaries and political grandees as they try to change legislation and pursue their personal passions.

Director

Adam Hopkins (directed by)

Producers

Adam Hopkins (produced by) | Tim Stirzaker

Composer

Ty Unwin

Cinematographer

Adam Hopkins (filmed by)

Editors

Andy Lloyd | Tony Robinson

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 27, 2017

Release date

Feb 27, 2017 (United Kingdom)

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Gillian Bevan Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Teachers (2001)
David Beamish Self - Clerk of the Parliaments Self - Clerk of the Parliaments See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Richard Best Self (as Lord Best) Self (as Lord Best) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
John Bird Self (as Baron Bird) Self (as Baron Bird) See fewer	Famous, Rich and Homeless (2016)
David Blunkett Self (as Lord Blunkett) Self (as Lord Blunkett) See fewer	Inside the Commons (2015)
Betty Boothroyd Self Self See fewer	Spitfire Sisters (2010)
James Borwick Self (as Lord Borwick) Self (as Lord Borwick) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Frances D'Souza Self (as Baroness D'Souza) Self (as Baroness D'Souza) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Michael Dobbs Self (as Lord Dobbs) Self (as Lord Dobbs) See fewer	House of Cards (2013)
Julian Fellowes Self (as Lord Fellowes) Self (as Lord Fellowes) See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
George Foulkes Self (as Lord Foulkes) Self (as Lord Foulkes) See fewer	A Week in Politics (1982)
Thomas Galbraith Self (as Lord Strathclyde) Self (as Lord Strathclyde) See fewer	The Sunday Programme (1994)
John Healey Self Self See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Peter Hennessy Self (as Lord Hennessy) Self (as Lord Hennessy) See fewer	What Has Become of Us (1994)
David Hope Self (as Lord Hope) Self (as Lord Hope) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Jenny Jones Self (as Baroness Jones) Self (as Baroness Jones) See fewer	Coded Bias (2020)
Oona King Self (as Baroness King) Self (as Baroness King) See fewer	UK General Election (1950)
Nigel Lawson Self (as Lord Lawson) Self (as Lord Lawson) See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
David Leakey Self - Black Rod Self - Black Rod See fewer	The Stuarts (2014)
George Magan Self (as Lord Magan) Self (as Lord Magan) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Lord Palmer Self Self See fewer	Britain's Finest (2003)
Keith Phipps Self - Principal Doorkeeper Self - Principal Doorkeeper See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
John Prescott Self (as Lord Prescott) Self (as Lord Prescott) See fewer	Gavin & Stacey (2007)
Robert Rogers Self (as Lord Lisvane) Self (as Lord Lisvane) See fewer	Inside the Commons (2015)
David Shutt Self (as Lord Shutt) Self (as Lord Shutt) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Tina Stowell Self (as Baroness Stowell) Self (as Baroness Stowell) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Thomas Taylor Self (as Lord Taylor) Self (as Lord Taylor) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Norman Tebbit Self (as Lord Tebbit) Self (as Lord Tebbit) See fewer	People, Politics & Planes
Paul Tyler Self (as Lord Tyler) Self (as Lord Tyler) See fewer	ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959)
Robert Walpole Self (as Lord Walpole) Self (as Lord Walpole) See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)
Thomas Woodcock Self Self See fewer	Meet the Lords (2017)