The Great Offices of State
The Great Offices of State
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The Great Offices of State

2010
1 season
3 episodes

Three-part series in which award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers the secret world of Whitehall, showing what the trio of great offices - Home, Foreign and Treasury - are really like.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Dark Department

    11-02-2010

    In his look at the Home Office - the ministry of law and order, immigration, MI5 and counter-terrorism - Cockerell blends fresh access filming with formerly unseen and rare archive...

  • Ep 2

    2.Palace of Dreams

    18-02-2010

    The Foreign Office is the grandest of the three, built in Victorian times to impress foreigners when the British lion still strutted the globe. How the Foreign Office has sought ov...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Secret Treasury

    25-02-2010

    The Treasury is the oldest and most secretive of the three. Cockerell's film recounts the many battles Chancellors have fought over the years with their top officials and it shows...

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