60 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestMrs Thatcher’s leadership style and judgement on Europe and the poll tax create splits in her cabinet and public anger, leading to the challenge that ends in her dramatic downfall.
The irresistible rise and dramatic downfall of Margaret Thatcher. Her inner circle reveal how a political outsider won power and dominated British life through a turbulent decade.
Acting
Thatcher's archive footage — she's the star and the specter
Writing
Interview questions that actually make politicians squirm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thatcher's voice was deliberately trained lower to project authority in a male-dominated Parliament — her vocal evolution is audible across decades of archive footage.
Director Rob Coldstream secured interviews with her entire surviving cabinet only after promising each they could 'set the record straight' — they all contradict each other.
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