Thatcher: The Final Days

Thatcher: The Final Days is a 1991 British television film about the events surrounding the final few days of Margaret Thatcher's time as Prime Minister. The film was written by Richard Maher, directed by Tim Sullivan and starred Sylvia Syms in the role of Thatcher. The film was produced for ITV by Granada Television and first shown on ITV on Wednesday 11 September 1991 at 9:00pm.

Thatcher: The Final Days
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Written by	Richard Maher
Directed by	Tim Sullivan
Starring	Sylvia Syms John Wood Paul Daneman Trevor Bowen
Composer	John Du Prez
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ray Fitzwalter
Producer	Michael Cox
Cinematography	David Odd
Editor	Kim Horton
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	11 September 1991 (1991-09-11)

The film was released on DVD in 2007.

Cast

• Sylvia Syms – Margaret Thatcher
• Bruce Alexander – John Gummer
• Henry Ayrton – Thatcher's Aide
• Christopher Benjamin – George Younger
• Trevor Bowen – Kenneth Baker
• Stephen Boxer – John Sergeant
• Tom Chadbon – Edward Leigh
• Julian Curry – David Harris
• Paul Daneman – Douglas Hurd
• Edward de Souza – John Wakeham
• Keith Drinkel – John Major
• David Hargreaves – Charles Powell
• Bernard Holley – Paddy Ashdown
• Bernard Horsfall – Alan Clark
• Glyn Houston – Bernard Ingham
• Harold Innocent – Peter Morrison
• Tony Mathews – Gordon Reece
• Michael McStay – Michael Mates
• Roland Oliver – Kenneth Clarke
• Robert Reynolds – Anthony Teasdale
• Christian Rodska – Neil Kinnock
• Paul Rogers – Geoffrey Howe
• Toby Salaman – Tim Yeo
• Shaughan Seymour – Keith Hampson
• Malcolm Stoddard – Tim Bell
• David Sumner – Peter Temple-Morris
• John Wood – Michael Heseltine

See also

• Margaret (2009 film), a BBC film also depicting the final days of Thatcher's premiership
• Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
• 1990 Conservative Party leadership election
• Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher

External links

• Thatcher: The Final Days at IMDb
• Gray, James (14 July 2007). "Thatcher: The Final Days". DVD Times. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
• Thatcher: The Final Days a BFI profile