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Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk To Finchley
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2008 - BBC4Andrea Riseborough ... Margaret Thatcher |
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The Long Walk to Finchley begins the night that 24 year-old Margaret Roberts first met her husband-to-be Denis Thatcher. Writer Tony Saint has brilliantly woven a story – part fact, part fiction – about what might have happened when, with Denis’ love and support, the young and attractive Margaret took on that most established and reactionary of all British institutions – the British Tory Party – and battled for ten years to be accepted as a credible Parliamentary candidate. A witty and wild fantasy about the root of the infamously rancorous relationship between Margaret and Ted Heath - the man destined to become Prime Minister before Margaret Thatcher and the man Margaret Thatcher was herself destined to supplant. An extraordinary portrait of a vibrant young woman, utterly obsessed with politics. Andrea Riseborough (herself only 25 when she played the role), created a young Margaret Thatcher that has to be seen to be believed - a performance that is at once hilarious and touching. Rory Kinnear’s Denis is a charming mixture of wry humour and practical tolerance, but most especially of quiet support and love towards his obsessive wife. Sam West’s Ted Heath is a brilliant portrayal of a man wrestling with his sexuality whilst utterly convinced of his political abilities. And a dream supporting cast of the ‘elder statesmen’ of British stage and screen headed by Oliver Ford-Davies and Geoffrey Palmer, playing the grey-suited Grandees of the 1950s Tory party. Their performances are flawless and funny. |
BAFTA Awards
2009
2009 Broadcasting Press Guild Award Royal Television Society, UK
2009 
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Original Music - Srdjan Kurpjel and Mario Takoushis
Writer: Tony Saint Executive Producers: Robert Cooper and Kate Triggs Sales: BBC Worldwide Margaret Thatcher – The Long Walk to Finchley transmitted on BBC4 in June 2008 to an audience of nearly 1 million viewers, the third highest viewing figure achieved by the channel at that time. Productions from Great Meadow
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