

A dramatization of the story behind and occasion of Thatcher’s last TV interview, the hugely damaging ITV grilling by her old friend Brian Walden, which some view as the final nail in her prime ministerial coffin.
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Chancellor Nigel Lawson resigns, plunging Thatcher into crisis. Days later, Margaret’s seismic TV interview with Brian Walden sets in motion the end of her premiership - and their friendship.

After resigning as a Labour MP, Brian Walden is poached by LWT to front a heavyweight political programme. His first guest: Margaret Thatcher. And so, an unlikely friendship begins...

Chancellor Nigel Lawson resigns, plunging Thatcher into crisis. Days later, Margaret’s seismic TV interview with Brian Walden sets in motion the end of her premiership - and their friendship.