The Long Walk to Finchley
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Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley, subtitled in the initial credits How Maggie Might Have Done It, is a 2008 BBC Four television drama based on the early political career of the young Margaret Thatcher (née Roberts), from her attempts to gain a seat in Dartford in 1949 via invasion to her first successful campaign to win a parliamentary seat, Finchley, in 1959. It also portrays her early relationship and marriage with Denis Thatcher.
The Long Walk to Finchley | |
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Starring | Andrea Riseborough Rory Kinnear Samuel West Geoffrey Palmer |
Composers | Srdjan Kurpjel and Mario Takoushis |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Robert Cooper, Kate Triggs, Bethan Jones |
Producer | Madonna Baptiste |
Production location | Simon Nixon |
Cinematography | Jan Jonaeus (photography) |
Editor | Anthony Combes |
Running time | 84 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Four |
Release | 12 June 2008 (2008-06-12) |
Related | |
Margaret |
It is directed by Niall MacCormick, produced by Madonna Baptiste and written by Tony Saint - it was made by Great Meadows Productions. Thatcher is played by Andrea Riseborough, Denis by Rory Kinnear and Edward Heath by Samuel West.
It was followed in February 2009 by Margaret, a drama on Thatcher's fall from power filmed in 2008–09,[1] with Thatcher played by Lindsay Duncan.[2]