Brian and Maggie

Name: Brian and Maggie
Genre: Drama
Released: 2025-01-29
Rating: 7.25
Cast: Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan, Paul Clayton, Tom Mothersdale, Emma Sidi

7.3 Jan 2025 1 Season 2 Episodes TV-PG

Ended

Drama

Overview

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.

Baby Cow Productions

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Harriet Walter

Margaret Thatcher

Steve Coogan

Brian Walden

Paul Clayton

Bernard Ingham

Tom Mothersdale

David Cox

Emma Sidi

Sue Richardson

Karan Gill

Vinay Ahmed

James Fleet

Ronald Millar

Ivan Kaye

Nigel Lawson

Ross Armstrong

John Wakefield

Paul Higgins

Geoffrey Howe

Simon Paisley Day

Ian Gow

Key Crew

Stephen Frears

Director

Rob Burley

Novel

James Graham

Writer

Rob Burley

Associate Producer

Shaheen Baig

Casting

Stephen Frears

Executive Producer

James Graham

Executive Producer

Steve Coogan

Executive Producer

Delyth Scudamore

Executive Producer

Episode 1

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...

Jan 29, 2025 45m ★ 8.0

Episode 2

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.

Jan 30, 2025 47m ★ 9.0

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