BRIAN AND MARGARET 
(in post-production)

2x60” DRAMA

BABY COW PRODUCTIONS for CHANNEL 4
Directed by Stephen Frears  
Produced by Dan Winch 

Directed by Academy Award nominee and BAFTA-winning Stephen Frears (The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons, Philomena) and starring two-time Academy Award nominee Steve Coogan (Philomena, Stan & Ollie) and Harriet Walter (Succession, Silo), Brian and Margaret looks at the final ever television interview of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and journalist Brian Walden, and asks whether the slow death of full-length political TV interviews puts modern democracy at risk.

1989. When two old friends, the 'much feared inquisitor', Brian Walden (Steve Coogan), and 'Iron Lady' Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (Harriet Walter), come together for their last ever TV interview, little do they realise they're about to embark on one of the most infamous political exchanges of all time. The 45-minute showdown became a national talking point and set in train a series of events that ended with Margaret’s resignation.

Afterwards, they never spoke again…