Five Days that Changed Britain

Five Days that Changed Britain

Politics | BBC Two | 2010 | 59'08''

Behind-the-scenes story of five days in May 2010 when the UK's political leaders haggled over the next government. David Cameron, Nick Clegg a...

01: Winston Churchill | Walden on Heroes

01: Winston Churchill | Walden on Heroes

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 1998 | 29'08''

The man credited with leading the nation to victory in the Second World War was, according to Walden, arrogant, callous and a milita...

The Marketing of Margaret | Panorama

The Marketing of Margaret | Panorama

Political parties | BBC One | 1983 | 49'21''

Michael Cockerell reports for Panorama on the way Margaret Thatcher's image was created, from 1983.

Westminster’s Secret Service

Westminster’s Secret Service

Politics | BBC Two | 1995 | 59'49''

Whips pride themselves on their secrecy and discretion. Reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers their shadowy world and reveals how they opera...

S07E02: How To Be a Good Prime Minister | Timeshift

S07E02: How To Be a Good Prime Minister | Timeshift

Politics | BBC Four | 2007 | 1'59'05''

Andrew Marr and a panel of experts assess what it takes to be a successful British premier, based on the performance of t...

Darkest Hour (2017)

Darkest Hour (2017)

Conflict and Warfare | BBC One | 2020 | 1'56'50''

As the Nazis advance against Britain's European allies, newly elected prime minister Winston Churchill must decide whether to leave neighbouring countrie...

02: The Lady and the Lords | Blair’s Thousand Days

02: The Lady and the Lords | Blair’s Thousand Days

Politics | BBC Two | 2000 | 59'25''

New Labour came to power pledging to abolish the 800-year-old right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House...

01: What Makes Tony Tick | Blair’s Thousand Days

01: What Makes Tony Tick | Blair’s Thousand Days

Politics | BBC Two | 2000 | 59'19''

Michael Cockerell draws on extensive interviews with the PM and behind-the-scenes footage to analyse what drives Blair...

Black Wednesday

Black Wednesday

Demand-side policies -fiscal | BBC One | 1997 | 49'31''

Five years ago Britain was in financial crisis. On a day when speculators made fortunes and the Bank of England lost billions propping up the pound, the prim...

02: The Best Is Yet to Come | The Cameron Years

02: The Best Is Yet to Come | The Cameron Years

Politics | BBC One | 2019 | 59'15''

Examining David Cameron's leadership, from his rise to the top of the Conservative Party in 2005 to his 'sweetest victory' at...

01: A Huge Fight on My Hands | The Cameron Years

01: A Huge Fight on My Hands | The Cameron Years

Politics | BBC One | 2019 | 59'03''

The events that led David Cameron to call, and lose, the 2016 EU referendum, and the seismic impact of that fateful decision...

Margaret Thatcher | Icons

Margaret Thatcher | Icons

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2019 | 13'11''

Britain's first female prime minister, Thatcher was marked out not only by her gender, but for pushing through reforms so bold they have shaped the...

Winston Churchill | Icons

Winston Churchill | Icons

Britain’s changing role in the world | BBC Two | 2019 | 12'23''

From the battlefields of the Boer war, to the blitzed streets of wartime London, Trevor examines the qualities that made Churchill such a towering ...

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel

Politics | BBC Four | 2011 | 1'29'01''

Documentary charting the story of two prime ministers who dominated a decade when Britain changed forever - the 1970s. Featuring interviews...

Cabinet Confidential

Cabinet Confidential

Demand-side policies -fiscal | BBC Two | 2001 | 58'11''

One-off documentary providing an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers have run their cabinets. Featuring interviews, archive footage...

A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath

A Very Singular Man: A Film Portrait of Edward Heath

Economics | BBC Two | 1998 | 59'26''

Edward Heath was one of the most controversial prime ministers of the 20th century. He took Britain into Europe, but was...

Keeler, Profumo, Ward and Me

Keeler, Profumo, Ward and Me

Politics | BBC Two | 2020 | 58'53''

Tom Mangold's inside story of the scandal that rocked Britain, showing what it was really like to live with Stephen Ward as he became the scapeg...
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