
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. 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 are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.
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Lindsay Duncan
Margaret Thatcher

Ian McDiarmid
Denis Thatcher

Roger Allam
John Wakeham

Kevin McNally
Kenneth Clarke

Roger Ashton-Griffiths
John Sergeant

Michael Maloney
John Major

Roy Marsden
Norman Tebbit

Guy Henry
Tristan Garel-Jones

Nigel Le Vaillant
Ted Heath

Robert Hardy
Willie Whitelaw

James Fox
Charles Powell

Philip Jackson
Bernard Ingham

John Sessions
Geoffrey Howe

Oliver Cotton
Michael Heseltine

Julian Firth
Norman Lamont

Rosemary Leach
The Queen

Elizabeth Bennett
Sue Mastriforte

Olivia Poulet
Carol Thatcher

Michael Cochrane
Alan Clark

Dermot Crowley
Airey Neave

Nicholas Le Prevost
Douglas Hurd

Rupert Vansittart
Peter Morrison

Tim McMullan
William Waldegrave

Paul Jesson
Kenneth Baker

Nicholas Day
Cranley Onslow

Nicholas Jones
Tim Renton

Christian McKay
John Whittingdale

Charlotte Asprey
Caroline Stephens

Martin Chamberlain
Nigel Lawson

Alan Cox
Gordon Reece

Jenny Howe
Cynthia Crawford

Diana Kent
Margaret King

Oliver Le Sueur
Mark Thatcher

Francis Maguire
Official

Douglas McFerran
MP

George Pensotti
Speaker of the Commons

Mark Perry
John MacGregor

Nicholas Rowe
Malcolm Rifkind

Tim Wallers
MP