Douglas Hurd
Biography: Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC is a British Conservative politician who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 08, 1930
Deathday: N/A
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Cabinet Confidential
2001-11-17
Cabinet Confidential
Overview: A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers - including Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher and John Major - have run their cabinet, the highest decision-making body in the land. Through candid interviews, rare archive footage and filming inside No 10, presenter Michael Cockerell opens the door to the Government's own chamber of secrets as he seeks the answer to the question: is the notion of cabinet government an obsolete concept?
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-17
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How to Be Foreign Secretary
1998-01-04
How to Be Foreign Secretary
Overview: Michael Cockerell talks to all of the surviving people to hold the post of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs including the current incumbent, and invites the viewer to imagine their life in the position.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-04
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How to Be Prime Minister
1996-09-22
How to Be Prime Minister
Overview: It begins with cheers but almost always ends in tears. Yet, as the election looms, competition for the top job grows ever more intense. Why? The hours are terrible, money so-so, job security non-existent. On the plus side, there's free accommodation in central London and probably more power over your country than any other leader in the western world. With the help of the present and previous incumbents, Michael Cockerell offers the first "how to" guide to the job of prime minister.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-22
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How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister
2007-06-24
How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister
Overview: Michael Cockerell tells the story of how prime ministers have coped with life after Number Ten, after Tony Blair became the youngest member of the ex-PMs' club for a hundred years. The film reveals who left office bankrupt, who did TV commercials for Cheshire cheese, who had his own chat show and who has never had a single happy day since leaving Number Ten. Cockerell, who met the eight PMs prior to Blair, looks at what Tony planned do next and just how many millions he could make from being an ex-PM.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-24
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Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
2011-05-25
Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
Overview: Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they were the political titans of the era in which Britain changed for ever. For ten years they faced each other in the House of Commons, and swapped in and out of Number Ten. They fought four general elections, three of which were amongst the most exciting of the century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-25
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The Summer of Rave, 1989
2006-01-01
The Summer of Rave, 1989
Overview: In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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