Michael Cockerell Movies
- 2022
The Queen and Her Prime Ministers
The Queen and Her Prime Ministers72022HD
Queen Elizabeth has worked with 14 Prime Ministers, including holding confidential weekly meetings. It is not known whether she has influenced her...
- 1970
Blair: The Inside Story
Blair: The Inside Story01970HD
Michael Cockerell tells the inside story of Tony Blair's controversial ten years at the top. Candid interviews with Downing Street insiders, Cabinet...
- 2010
How to Win the TV Debate
How to Win the TV Debate02010HD
With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take...
- 2001
Cabinet Confidential
Cabinet Confidential02001HD
A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers - including Harold Wilson, Margaret...
- 2003
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Trust Me - I'm a Politician02003HD
Last December's "Cheriegate" affair did little to abate the rampant public cynicism reserved for politicians - a mistrust evidenced in the turnout at...
- 2012
The Lost World of the Seventies
The Lost World of the Seventies02012HD
Michael Cockerell sheds new light on the tragi-comedy of the 1970s by focusing on some of its most controversial characters. With fresh filming and...
- 1998
How to Be Foreign Secretary
How to Be Foreign Secretary01998HD
Michael Cockerell talks to all of the surviving people to hold the post of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs including the...
- 1997
Labour's Old Romantic
Labour's Old Romantic01997HD
A profile of Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, which included footage of him on the night of Tony Blair’s historic 1997...
- 2007
How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister
How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister02007HD
Michael Cockerell tells the story of how prime ministers have coped with life after Number Ten, after Tony Blair became the youngest member of the...
- 2015
Denis Healey - The Best Prime Minister Labour Never Had?
Denis Healey - The Best Prime Minister Labour Never Had?02015HD
Political journalist and film-maker Michael Cockerell's intimate portrait of Denis Healey, former chancellor of the exchequer, who died on 3 October...
- 1996
How to Be Prime Minister
How to Be Prime Minister01996HD
It begins with cheers but almost always ends in tears. Yet, as the election looms, competition for the top job grows ever more intense. Why? The...
- 2004
The Downing Street Patient
The Downing Street Patient02004HD
Michael Cockerell presents this documentary on the health problems of Britain's Prime Ministers.
- 2013
Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise
Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise102013HD
It was the exact same effect induced by Michael Cockerell’s film Boris Johnson: the Irresistible Rise last night on BBC Two. Regardless of what...
- 1995
Westminster's Secret Service
Westminster's Secret Service01995HD
Whips pride themselves on their secrecy and discretion. Reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers their shadowy world and reveals how they operate. How...