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The Wilderness Years (1995)
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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Release Date:
Sun, Dec 03, 1995
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 59
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 59
Philip Tibenham
Self (Narrator)
James Callaghan
Self
Tony Benn
Self
Michael Foot
Self
Neil Kinnock
Self
Roy Jenkins
Self
Tony Blair
Self
Jeremy Corbyn
Self
Peter Tatchell
Self
Denis Healey
Self
Derek Hatton
Self
David Owen
Self
John Smith
Self (Archive Footage)
Gordon Brown
Self
Peter Mandelson
Self
Shirley Williams
Self
Michael Meacher
Self
Roy Hattersley
Self
Margaret Beckett
Self
John Prescott
Self
Gerald Kaufman
Self
Patricia Hewitt
Self
Charles Clarke
Self
Donald Dewar
Self
Margaret Thatcher
Self (Archive Footage)
Season 1:
Out 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 time from 1979-81.
In 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 its lowest popularity ever.
Senior 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 leader in the hope that he can modernise the party.
Key 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 Labour politician.
