
Best TV on tonight: Brian and Maggie
Brian and Maggie is on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm.
Brian and Maggie is a brand-new drama starring Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter, on tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
It’s 1989, and when two old friends – politician-turned-journalist Brian Walden (Coogan) and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Walter) – come together for their last ever TV interview, little do they realise that they’re about to embark on one of the most famous political exchanges of all time. This two-part drama recounts the end of both a political era and a long-term friendship, tensely reconstructing the seismic interview that reshaped national opinion and signposted the end of the Iron Lady’s premiership.
After their final encounter, Brian and Margaret never spoke again… In this first episode, after resigning as a Labour MP, Brian Walden is poached by London Weekend Television (LWT) to front a heavyweight political programme dedicated to the longform interview. His first guest: Leader of the Opposition Margaret Thatcher. An unlikely friendship develops.
As Margaret becomes the first female British Prime Minister, and her power increases, the traditional red lines of journalist and politician become blurred. Is Brian choosing friendship over integrity? And is Margaret sharing too much?
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