Margaret

5.8
20091h 53m

A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.

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Lindsay Duncan

Margaret Thatcher

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Ian McDiarmid

Denis Thatcher

Photo of Roger Allam

Roger Allam

John Wakeham

Photo of Kevin McNally

Kevin McNally

Kenneth Clarke

Photo of Michael Maloney

Michael Maloney

John Major

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Roy Marsden

Norman Tebbit

Photo of Guy Henry

Guy Henry

Tristan Garel-Jones

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Robert Hardy

Willie Whitelaw

Photo of James Fox

James Fox

Charles Powell

Photo of Philip Jackson

Philip Jackson

Bernard Ingham

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John Sessions

Geoffrey Howe

Photo of Oliver Cotton

Oliver Cotton

Michael Heseltine

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Julian Firth

Norman Lamont

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Elizabeth Bennett

Sue Mastriforte

Photo of Olivia Poulet

Olivia Poulet

Carol Thatcher

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Dermot Crowley

Airey Neave

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