Thatcher: The Final Days

Thatcher: The Final Days
DVD cover
Written by	Richard Maher
Directed by	Tim Sullivan
Starring	Sylvia Syms John Wood Paul Daneman Trevor Bowen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	11 September 1991

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. It was written by Richard Maher, directed by Tim Sullivan and starred Sylvia Syms in the role of Mrs Thatcher. The film was produced for ITV by Granada Television and first shown on ITV on Wednesday 11 September 1991 at 9:00pm.

The film was released on DVD in 2007.^[1]

Cast

• 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 - Sir 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

• Margaret (2009 film), a BBC film also depicting the final days of Thatcher's premiership
• Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
• Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1990
• Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher

References

External links

• Thatcher: The Final Days at the Internet Movie Database
• Gray, James (14 July 2007). "Thatcher: The Final Days". DVD Times. Retrieved 28 February 2009. 
• Thatcher: The Final Days a BFI profile

Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990) Leader of the Conservative Party (1975–1990) MP for Finchley (1959–1992)
Member of Parliament	Finchley (UK Parliament constituency) Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 Circular 10/70 Shadow Cabinet
Ideology	Thatcherism Conservatism Free market
Premiership	First ministry (1979–1983) Second ministry (1983–1987) Third ministry (1987–1990) Cold War 1st term 2nd & 3rd term 1981 United Kingdom budget 1981 Irish hunger strike "The lady's not for turning" Falklands War Brighton hotel bombing Opposition to trade unions 1984–85 miners' strike Local Government Act Westland affair Sermon on the Mound 1988 broadcasting restrictions Community Charge Poll Tax riots Gulf War Resignation Honours
Party elections	1975 1989 1990
General elections	1979 1983 1987
Books	The Downing Street Years The Path to Power Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World
Family	Sir Denis Thatcher (husband) Mark Thatcher (son) Carol Thatcher (daughter) Alfred Roberts (father)
Cultural depictions	Film and television Thatcher: The Final Days The Falklands Play Pinochet in Suburbia The Long Walk to Finchley Margaret The Iron Lady The Hunt for Tony Blair In Search of La Che Statues Statue in the Palace of Westminster Statue in London Guildhall Associated performers Steve Nallon Janet Brown Meryl Streep
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