Michael Foot
Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was married to documentary filmmaker Jill Craigie.
Cabinet Confidential
as Self (archive footage)A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime...
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Two Hours from London
as HimselfDocumentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia that calls on the leaders of...
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Independent Miss Craigie
as Himself (Archive Footage)Some time after her death, film director Jill Craigie (1911- 99), re-opens an old suitcase,...
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From Beaconsfield to Baghdad
as Self (Archive Footage)Parliamentary correspondent Robert Orchard reviews the highs and lows of Tony Blair's tumultuous...
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Labour's Old Romantic
as SelfA profile of Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, which included footage of him...
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In Search of Tony Blair
as Self (Archive Footage)Ten years after he stepped to power as Labour leader, Tony Blair remains a national enigma. His...
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Rough Justice
as SelfPortrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil. Life in the valley isn't what it was,...
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Young Veteran
as CommentatorThe first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the...
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Question Time
as Himself - PanellistThis topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least...
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The Wilderness Years
as SelfDocumentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in...
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