Showing posts with label Michael Cockerell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michael Cockerell. Show all posts
Saturday, 21 January 2023
Trust Me, I'm a Politician
Trust Me, I'm a Politician
Tony Blair: The Inside Story Episode 2
ony Blair: The Inside Story Episode 3
How to be Foreign Secretary
Michael Cockerell 's series of how-to guides explaining the intricacies of top government jobs continues with a one-off programme revealing the tricks of a foreign secretary's trade. Present incumbent Robin Cook and six former occupants of the position talk candidly about the challenges of the job while Cockerell demonstrates how the demands and scope of the office have changed over the years. Transmitted on 4 January 1998.
Interviewees: David Owen (Foreign Secretary 1977-79), James Callaghan (1974-76), Lord Carrington (1979-82), Douglas Hurd (1989-95), Geoffrey Howe (1983-89) and Malcolm Rifkind (1995-97) as well as Robin Cook and Lord Renwick (former Foreign Office civil servant).
The Great Offices of State: The Dark Department - Part 1 [BBC]
The Great Offices of State: The Dark Department - Part 1 [BBC]
BBC The Great Offices of State: 2. Palace of Dreams
BBC The Great Offices of State: 3. The Secret Treasury
'Life in Whips Office' (1995) featuring Geoffrey Dickins MP
Michael Cockerall documentary Life in Whips Office May 1995 featuring Geoffrey Dickens MP.
How to be Home Secretary
Michael Cockerell's guide to the job of Home Secretary, where the incumbent is responsible for protecting the public from crime, running the security service, and directing government policy on nudist beaches, mad dogs and massage parlours. Transmitted on 24 January 1999.
Interviewees: current and former Home Secretaries Jack Straw, Douglas Hurd, Roy Jenkins, Michael Howard, Kenneth Clarke, Robert Carr, Kenneth Baker, David Waddington, Merlyn Rees; civil servants Richard Wilson and Sir Brian Cubbon.
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