The 1931 General Election Video Collection

  • 27 Jan 2019

Arthur Henderson criticises the government Stanley Baldwin appeals to voters Sir Oswald Mosley Speech Election night in Trafalgar Square Ramsay MacDonald appeals for support Baldwin appeal for support for the National Government Ramsay...

General Election Night Coverage Video Collection 1924-2017

  • 26 Jan 2019

1924 General Election Night (Pathe News)   1950 Election Night - BBC Report 1955  1959  1964  1966  1970 - BBC Coverage February 1974 BBC October 1974 1979  198...

EDP/EADT Column: Bring back the shopping experience to fix high street decline

  • 26 Jan 2019

Rates and rents are often blamed for killing the high street, but Iain Dale argues we need to make shopping on them more of an experience if they have any hope of surviving... Barely a week goes by without us hearing of a new major shop closure on our high streets. Some are...

Top Ten Westminster Stories Which Won't be Announced Today

  • 25 Jan 2019

10. Andrew Bridgen undergoes transgender therapy. 9. Sky News announces new political editor: It's Paul Mason 8. Kirk from Coronation Street to advise Andy Burnham on the Northern Powerhouse 7. Jess Phillips eats four Weetabix 6. Jeremy Paxman apologises to Michael Howard ...

Margaret Thatcher: Downfall & Resignation

  • 25 Jan 2019

Statement on the Rome Summit - No No No (30 October 1990) BBC News on Sir Geoffrey Howe's Resignation (13 November 1990) Leadership Ballot result announced (BBC1, 20 November 1990) This Week (ITV, 20 November 1990) David Cannadine on Margaret Thatch...

Margaret Thatcher & Ronald Reagan Video Collection

  • 24 Jan 2019

Margaret Thatcher's first visit to President Reagan (26 February 1981) Reagan Visit to Number 10 (June 1982?) Visit to Washington, (23 June 1982) Williamsbury G7 Economic Summit (28 May 1983) Visit to Washington (29 September 1983) Reagan-Tha...

Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons & Lords

  • 24 Jan 2019

Margaret Thatcher Proposing the Vote of No Confidence in James Callaghan's Government (30 March 1979) Opening the Queen's Speech Debate 1981 Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (4 April 1982) Speech on the Falklands (14 April 1...

Margaret Thatcher & the Falklands Video Collection

  • 23 Jan 2019

Margaret Thatcher & The Falklands Documentary Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (3 April 1982) Speech in the House of Commons on the Falklands invasion (4 April 1982) Newsnight interview (6 April 1982) Speech on the Falkla...

Margaret Thatcher Speeches Video Collection

  • 22 Jan 2019

Speech at the declaration at the Finchley count, February 1974 Speech at the Finchley declaration, October 1974 Excerpt from Iron Lady Speech, (Kensington, 1977) Speech at the Finchley Count, Election Night (3 May 1979) Arriving in Downing Street (4...

Margaret Thatcher: The Daily Telegraph Video Collection

  • 22 Jan 2019

This series of video films were released as a tribute to Lady Thatcher in 2013 by the Daily Telegraph and given away as DVDs with the newspaper. The Making of Margaret Thatcher   The Falklands The World Stage The Age of Dissent Taking on the U...

Margaret Thatcher Film & Drama Collection

  • 22 Jan 2019

Margaret Thatcher in the Bond Film, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, played by Janet Brown Thatcher, The Final Days (1991) The Falklands Play (April 2002, BBC4) Long Walk to Finchley (2008) The Iron Lady (Movie Trailer) The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep...

Margaret Thatcher: Humour & Satire Collection

  • 22 Jan 2019

Janet Brown as Margaret Thatcher, Election Night (3 mAY 1979) Iron Lady by Janet Brown (45 Single) (1979) Johnny Carson plays a practical joke on Joan Rivers by getting Janet Brown to play Margaret Thatcher (1983) Margaret Thatcher performing a sketch with...

Interviews With Margaret Thatcher 1991-2013

  • 21 Jan 2019

Further collections of interview with Margaret Thatcher be found here 1960-79, 1979-90 KERA Interview with Lee Cullum (1991) Breakfast With Frost (17 October 1993) C-Span Interview about the Downing Street Years (1993) CNN - Views on the Internet ...

Interviews with Margaret Thatcher 1960-79

  • 21 Jan 2019

Further collections of interview with Margaret Thatcher be found here 1979-90, 1991-2013 Interviewed after her Maiden Speech, (6 February 1960) Any Questions (1960) Clips from Thames TV Interviews with MT (1971-77) Today with Eamonn Andrews (January 197...

Interviews with Margaret Thatcher 1979-90

  • 21 Jan 2019

Further collections of interview with Margaret Thatcher be found here 1960-79, 1991-2013 The MacNeil/Lehrer Report (PBS, 20 February 1981) TV Eye with Llew Gardener (ITV, June 1982)     Nationwide, June 1983 Behind the Scenes Before a Robin Day In...

Margaret Thatcher Profiles, Documentaries & Tribute Videos

  • 21 Jan 2019

As part of the development of this site I'm going to create an extensive Resource Centre section later this year. I started it with a post last week collating together all of Michael Cockerell's documentaries, and this week I'm continuing that with collections of Margaret That...

A Tribute to Nick Pett - Mentor, Teacher & Friend

  • 20 Jan 2019

I first met Nick Pett when he was appointed Deputy Head Teacher at my school, Saffron Walden County High (pic above). This was in the mid 1970s. He never actually taught me, but he became a good friend to me and my two sisters and also my parents. He was the kind of aut...

Mail on Sunday Column: The Brexit Wrecking Crew

  • 20 Jan 2019

Of all the many colourful scenes and events surrounding the tumultuous defeat of the Prime Minister's Brexit deal last Tuesday, one image stays with me more than any other – and for all the wrong reasons. It is the mental picture of senior hard-Brexiteers including John Red...

Margaret Thatcher Party Conference Speeches

  • 19 Jan 2019

1968 (?) 1980 - Margaret Thatcher deals with a heckler 1981 1982 (Six parts) 1983 Conservative Youth Rally, Wembley (June) (4 parts) 1983, Blackpool 1984, Brighton 1987

In Praise of Michael Cockerell & Watch His (Almost) Entire Back Catalogue

  • 19 Jan 2019

I am a massive fan of Michael Cockerell. He's been on my TV screens reporting on political events and making superb documentaries for more than forty years. If I had to choose a list of people whose jobs I would like to have had, he would be very high on it. His style of docum...