Thatcher: The Downing Street Years Midnight in Moscow, Twilight in London (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

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Thatcher: The Downing Street Years

Midnight in Moscow, Twilight in London (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

Even as Margaret Thatcher strode onto the world stage with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, and the election campaign gathered pace, her colleagues began to feel disenchanted. Party chairman Norman Tebbit saw her as a 'medieval monarch...See moreEven as Margaret Thatcher strode onto the world stage with Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, and the election campaign gathered pace, her colleagues began to feel disenchanted. Party chairman Norman Tebbit saw her as a 'medieval monarch wondering who has his eyes on the crown', and Sir Geoffrey Howe thought her trumpeted 'special relationship' with Reagan was at the expense of relations with Europe. Nigel Lawson claimed she distrusted her colleagues, and she, in turn, thought of him as 'a man of many talents... but great drawbacks'. As the economy worsened and problems with the poll tax began to loom, the prime minister found herself even more isolated behind the newly erected Downing Street security gates. Written by CaldoTheKid See less

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25 cast members

Name	Known for
Margaret Thatcher Self Self See fewer	SDI Star Wars (1991)
Philip Tibenham Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Ken Adelman Self - U.S. Arms Control Agency, 1983-1988 Self - U.S. Arms Control Agency, 1983-1988 See fewer	Reagan & Gorbachev
Robert Armstrong Self - Head of the Civil Service, 1983-1987 (as Lord Armstrong) Self - Head of the Civil Service, 1983-1987 (as Lord Armstrong) See fewer	Reputations (1979)
James A. Baker Self - Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1981-1985 (as James Baker) Self - Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1981-1985 (as James Baker) See fewer	The American Ruling Class (2005)
John Biffen Self - Leader of the House of Commons, 1982-1987 (as John Biffen MP) Self - Leader of the House of Commons, 1982-1987 (as John Biffen MP) See fewer	The Wolves of Kromer (1998)
Cynthia Crawford Self - Personal Assistant Self - Personal Assistant See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
Michael Dobbs Self - Chief of Staff Central Office, 1986-1987 Self - Chief of Staff Central Office, 1986-1987 See fewer	House of Cards (2013)
Mikhail Gorbachev Self Self See fewer	Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Denis Healey Self - Shadow Foreign Secretary 1980-1987 (as Lord Healey) Self - Shadow Foreign Secretary 1980-1987 (as Lord Healey) See fewer	Denis Healey: The Best Prime Minister Labour Never Had? (2015)
Geoffrey Howe Self - Foreign Secretary, 1983-1989 (as Lord Howe) Self - Foreign Secretary, 1983-1989 (as Lord Howe) See fewer	The Great Offices of State (2010)
Bernard Ingham Self - Mrs. Thatcher's Press Secretary, 1979-1990 (as Sir Bernard Ingham) Self - Mrs. Thatcher's Press Secretary, 1979-1990 (as Sir Bernard Ingham) See fewer	Brass Eye (1997)
Nigel Lawson Self - Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-1989 (as Lord Lawson) Self - Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1983-1989 (as Lord Lawson) See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
Ronald Millar Self - Speech Writer (as Sir Ronald Millar) Self - Speech Writer (as Sir Ronald Millar) See fewer	Betrayed (1954)
Emma Nicholson Self (as Emma Nicholson MP) Self (as Emma Nicholson MP) See fewer	Don't Quote Me (1990)
Cecil Parkinson Self - Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1981-1983 (as Lord Parkinson) Self - Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1981-1983 (as Lord Parkinson) See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
Chris Patten Self - Environment Secretary, 1989-1990 Self - Environment Secretary, 1989-1990 See fewer	Tory! Tory! Tory! (2006)
Charles Powell Self - Mrs. Thatcher's Private Secretary, 1984-1990 (as Sir Charles Powell) Self - Mrs. Thatcher's Private Secretary, 1984-1990 (as Sir Charles Powell) See fewer	The Pathfinder (1996)
Ronald Reagan Self Self See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Helmut Schmidt Self - West German Chancellor, 1974-1982 Self - West German Chancellor, 1974-1982 See fewer	Mein Deutschland (2009)
George Shultz Self - US Secretary of State, 1982-1989 Self - US Secretary of State, 1982-1989 See fewer	The League
Norman Tebbit Self - Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1985-1987 (as Lord Tebbit) Self - Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1985-1987 (as Lord Tebbit) See fewer	People, Politics & Planes
Alan Walters Self - Economic Adviser to Mrs Thatcher (as Professor Sir Alan Walters) Self - Economic Adviser to Mrs Thatcher (as Professor Sir Alan Walters) See fewer	This Week (1956)
John Whittingdale Self - Special Adviser to Norman Tebbit, 1984-1987 (as John Wittingdale MP) Self - Special Adviser to Norman Tebbit, 1984-1987 (as John Wittingdale MP) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
David Young Self - Employment Secretary, 1985-1987 (as Lord Young) Self - Employment Secretary, 1985-1987 (as Lord Young) See fewer	The London Programme (1975)