Philip Tibenham
Self (Narrator)
The Wilderness Years (1995)
Season 1
Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980s and 1990s.
Released Dec. 3, 1995
Episode 59 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Cast into the Wilderness
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.
Dec. 3, 1995, midnight
S1E2 - Comrades of War
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.
Dec. 10, 1995, midnight
S1E3 - Enter the Rose
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.
Dec. 17, 1995, midnight
S1E4 - The Pursuit of Power
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.
Dec. 18, 1995, midnight
BBC Two
59 min/ep
238 min
Dec. 3, 1995
Dec. 18, 1995, midnight
Ended
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