The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher

Bringing together three outstanding BBC productions, The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher provides a unique insight into the fascinating life of one of the most significant political figures in British history. The Long Walk to Finchley begins on the night Thatcher met her husband-to-be Denis. The film shows Margaret's steely determination to get selected to a "winnable" Tory seat in the fifties and imagines what might have gone on behind-the-scenes during her ten-year struggle to gain a seat in Parliament. The Falkland's Play portrays the backroom story of Thatcher's war. A play that was once deemed too controversial to produce provides a gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher and her government faced one of biggest crises in foreign affairs. Finally, Margaret examines Thatcher's last days in power. The film paints a detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics. Showing at once her strengths and fatal flaws, the film ultimately reveals that the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power were also the ones that ensured her downfall.

The Long Walk To Finchley
Beginning on the night she met her husband-to-be Denis, the film tells of the young Margaret Thatcher's steely determination to get selected to a 'winnable' Tory seat in the fifties and imagines what might have gone on behind the scenes during her ten-year struggle to gain a seat in Parliament.

The Falklands Play
The backroom story of Thatcher's war - a play once deemed too contoversial to produce...20 years later, the play was finally produced: a gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher and her government faced the biggest crisis in foreign affairs for a generation.

Margaret
This drama examines Margaret Thatcher's final days in power painting a detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics. 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 were the ones that ensured her downfall.

THE LONG WALK TO FINCHLEY

Directed by Niall MacCormick
Written by Tony Saint
Produced by Madonna Baptiste
Executive Produced by Robert Cooper, Bethan Jones
Original Music by Srdjan Kurpjel, Marios Takoushis
Cinematography by Jan Jonaeus
Film Editing by Anthony Combes
Costume Design by Charlotte Holdich

THE FALKLANDS PLAY

Directed by Michael Samuels
Written by Ian Curteis
Produced by Jeremy Howe
Executive Produced byRichard Fell
Cinematography by Mark Isaac, Chris Pearce, Steve Rees, Kevin Rudge
Film Editing by Martin Sharpe
Costume Design by Jayne Gregory

MARGARET

Directed by James Kent
Written by Richard Cottan
Produced by Sanne Wohlenberg
Executive Produced by Robert Cooper, Bethan Jones
Original Music by Dominic Muldowney
Cinematography by David Odd
Film Editing by William Diver
Costume Design by James Keast

The Long Walk To Finchley
"Riseborough is breathtaking, giving Thatcher humor, drive, and sex appeal..." - London Evening Standard

"Comedic, but with a kernel of truth about it, this refreshing film should make you see its subject in a wholly new light and looks set to provide fascinating contrast to the BBC's altogether more sober take on the last days of her premiership." - Observer

"As a serious enquiry into the most influential woman in the past century of British history, this was a non-starter, but an ice breaker; the start of a conversation about Thatcherism that doesn't degenerate into yah-boo-sucks. It was unmissable." - Independent

The Falklands Play
"a thrilling piece of drama" -Guardian

Margaret
"...riveting viewing...Lindsay Duncan plays her as sharp as a ferret, with the eyes of a lynx and the manner of an aged, furious tiger" - Daily Express