Brian and Maggie

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2025-01-29

Last Air Date: 2025-01-30

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 2

Networks: Channel 4

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Top Cast

Harriet Walter as Margaret Thatcher
Steve Coogan as Brian Walden
Paul Clayton as Bernard Ingham
Tom Mothersdale as David Cox
Emma Sidi as Sue Richardson
Karan Gill as Vinay Ahmed
James Fleet as Ronald Millar
Ivan Kaye as Nigel Lawson
Ross Armstrong as John Wakefield
Paul Higgins as Geoffrey Howe

Seasons

Season 1 (2025)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2025-01-29)

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...
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2025-01-30)

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.