The Wilderness Years
Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980s and 1990s.
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- Ep 1
1.Cast into the Wilderness
03-12-199559mOut of power and riven with strife, this programme tells the inside story of the Labour Party's bitter civil war with leading players speaking with devastating frankness about the...
- Ep 2
2.Comrades of War
10-12-199560mIn the early 80s Michael Foot was leader of a divided Labour Party. The 1981 deputy leadership battle between Denis Healey and Tony Benn split party loyalties and Labour sank to it...
- Ep 3
3.Enter the Rose
17-12-199559mSenior Labour politicians explore the Labour Party's long years in opposition. In 1983 after a humiliating defeat by Margaret Thatcher, Labour elected Neil Kinnock as its new leade...
- Ep 4
4.The Pursuit of Power
18-12-199560mKey political figures from the Labour Party tell the story of the struggle to modernise the party, culminating in the rise to power of Tony Blair and the arrival of a new breed of...
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