Thatcher: The Downing Street Years Wielding the Knife (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

Thatcher: The Downing Street Years

Wielding the Knife (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

As the Conservative Party began to turn against her leadership, the Prime Minister showed no willingness to stand down. Although there was no clear successor, colleagues were beginning to view Thatcher as an electoral liability. She speaks...See moreAs the Conservative Party began to turn against her leadership, the Prime Minister showed no willingness to stand down. Although there was no clear successor, colleagues were beginning to view Thatcher as an electoral liability. She speaks of what she regarded as their disloyalty. 'What hurts most of all is that this was treachery,' she says of her enforced resignation, 'treachery with a smile on its face.' Naturally this charge is denied by her former colleagues. Written by CaldoTheKid See less

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18 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)
Peter Carrington Self - Foreign Secretary, 1979-1982 (as Lord Carrington) Self - Foreign Secretary, 1979-1982 (as Lord Carrington) See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
Kenneth Clarke Self - Chancellor of the Exchequer Self - Chancellor of the Exchequer See fewer	The Great Offices of State (2010)
George Gardiner Self (as Sir George Gardiner MP) Self (as Sir George Gardiner MP) See fewer	A Week in Politics (1982)
Tristan Garel-Jones Self - Deputy Chief Whip, 1989-1990 (as Tristan Garel-Jones MP) Self - Deputy Chief Whip, 1989-1990 (as Tristan Garel-Jones MP) See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
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)
Emma Nicholson Self (as Emma Nicholson MP) Self (as Emma Nicholson MP) See fewer	Don't Quote Me (1990)
Cecil Parkinson Self - Transport Secretary, 1989-1990 (as Lord Parkinson) Self - Transport Secretary, 1989-1990 (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)
Nicholas Ridley Self - Trade Secretary, 1989-1990 (as Lord Ridley) Self - Trade Secretary, 1989-1990 (as Lord Ridley) See fewer	This Week (1956)
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)
William Whitelaw Self - Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-1988 (as Lord Whitelaw) Self - Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-1988 (as Lord Whitelaw) See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
John Whittingdale Self - Mrs. Thatcher's Political Secretary, 1988-1990 (as John Whittingdale MP) Self - Mrs. Thatcher's Political Secretary, 1988-1990 (as John Whittingdale MP) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)