Thatcher: The Final Days is a 1991 British television film about the events surrounding the final few days of Margaret Thatcher's time as Prime Minister. The film was written by Richard Maher, directed by Tim Sullivan and starred Sylvia Syms in the role of Thatcher. The film was produced for ITV by Granada Television and first shown on ITV on Wednesday 11 September 1991 at 9:00pm.
| Thatcher: The Final Days | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Written by | Richard Maher |
| Directed by | Tim Sullivan |
| Starring | Sylvia Syms John Wood Paul Daneman Trevor Bowen |
| Composer | John Du Prez |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Ray Fitzwalter |
| Producer | Michael Cox |
| Cinematography | David Odd |
| Editor | Kim Horton |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 11 September 1991 |
The film was released on DVD in 2007.[1]
Cast
edit- Sylvia Syms – Margaret Thatcher
- Bruce Alexander – John Gummer
- Henry Ayrton – Thatcher's Aide
- Christopher Benjamin – George Younger
- Trevor Bowen – Kenneth Baker
- Stephen Boxer – John Sergeant
- Tom Chadbon – Edward Leigh
- Julian Curry – David Harris
- Paul Daneman – Douglas Hurd
- Edward de Souza – John Wakeham
- Keith Drinkel – John Major
- David Hargreaves – Charles Powell
- Bernard Holley – Paddy Ashdown
- Bernard Horsfall – Alan Clark
- Glyn Houston – Bernard Ingham
- Harold Innocent – Peter Morrison
- Tony Mathews – Gordon Reece
- Michael McStay – Michael Mates
- Roland Oliver – Kenneth Clarke
- Robert Reynolds – Anthony Teasdale
- Christian Rodska – Neil Kinnock
- Paul Rogers – Geoffrey Howe
- Toby Salaman – Tim Yeo
- Shaughan Seymour – Keith Hampson
- Malcolm Stoddard – Tim Bell
- David Sumner – Peter Temple-Morris
- John Wood – Michael Heseltine
See also
edit- Margaret (2009 film), a BBC film also depicting the final days of Thatcher's premiership
- Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
- 1990 Conservative Party leadership election
- Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher
References
edit- ^ "Amazon.co.uk". Amazon UK. 16 July 2007.
External links
edit- Thatcher: The Final Days at IMDb
- Gray, James (14 July 2007). "Thatcher: The Final Days". DVD Times. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- Thatcher: The Final Days a BFI profile