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How to Win the TV Debate (2010)

ALL 04/12/2010 (en) Documentary, History, TV Movie 60 Min
  • Release
    04/12/2010
  • Production
    BBC
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  • Original title
    How to Win the TV Debate
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take part in these contests and how leaders try to win them. He tells the inside story of why it has taken so long for such debates to arrive in the UK. The programme features candid interviews with US Presidents and their advisers on the tricks of the debate trade. Blending new film and behind-the-scenes footage, some never seen before, it's a tragicomic tale of high politics and low cunning. From John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon through to Barack Obama, candidates are seen being prepared for their debates, then in the sometimes funny, sometimes disastrous results on live television. Cockerell shows why for our would-be next Prime Ministers - Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg - the three debate stages across Britain will be what one former US President calls 'Tension City'.

  1. James Giles

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Michael Cockerell

    Self (Presenter)

  2. Neil Kinnock

    Self

  3. Charles Kennedy

    Self

  4. Michael Dobbs

    Self

  5. Don Hewitt

    Self

  6. Richard Nixon

    Self (Archive Footage)

  7. John F. Kennedy

    Self (Archive Footage)

  8. Robin Day

    Self (Archive Footage)

  9. Nikita Khrushchev

    Self (Archive Footage)

  10. Ted Sorensen

    Self

  11. Ted Rogers

    Self

  12. Bill Wilson

    Self

  13. Pat Buchanan

    Self

  14. Pierre Salinger

    Self (Archive Footage)

  15. Harold Wilson

    Self (Archive Footage)

  16. Alec Douglas-Home

    Self (Archive Footage)

  17. Edward Heath

    Self (Archive Footage)

  18. Lady Falkender

    Self (Archive Footage)

  19. Jimmy Carter

    Self (Archive Footage)

  20. David Gergen

    Self

  21. Gerald Ford

    Self (Archive Footage)

  22. Harry Reasoner

    Self (Archive Footage)

  23. James Callaghan

    Self (Archive Footage)

  24. Margaret Thatcher

    Self (Archive Footage)

  25. Ronald Reagan

    Self (Archive Footage)

  26. Nancy Reagan

    Self (Archive Footage)

  27. Walter Mondale

    Self (Archive Footage)

  28. Mike Pengra

    Self (Archive Footage)

  29. Mark Goode

    Self (Archive Footage)

  30. Harry Trewitt

    Self (Archive Footage)

  31. John Major

    Self (Archive Footage)

  32. Bill Clinton

    Self (Archive Footage)

  33. George H. W. Bush

    Self (Archive Footage)

  34. Frank Luntz

    Self

  35. Alan Schroeder

    Self

  36. Tony Blair

    Self (Archive Footage)

  37. Peter Mandelson

    Self

  38. Lance Price

    Self

  39. William Hague

    Self (Archive Footage)

  40. George W. Bush

    Self

  41. Al Gore

    Self (Archive Footage)

  42. Jim Lehrer

    Self

  43. Barack Obama

    Self (Archive Footage)

  44. John McCain

    Self (Archive Footage)

  45. David Cameron

    Self (Archive Footage)

  46. Gordon Brown

    Self (Archive Footage)

  47. Nick Clegg

    Self (Archive Footage)

  48. Sue Inglish

    Self

  49. Andy Coulson

    Self (Archive Footage)

  50. David Davis

    Self (Archive Footage)

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How to Win the TV Debate (2010) 60 Min

ALL 04/12/2010 (en)
Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • Release 04/12/2010
  • Production
    BBC
  • Original title How to Win the TV Debate
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take part in these contests and how leaders try to win them. He tells the inside story of why it has taken so long for such debates to arrive in the UK. The programme features candid interviews with US Presidents and their advisers on the tricks of the debate trade. Blending new film and behind-the-scenes footage, some never seen before, it's a tragicomic tale of high politics and low cunning. From John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon through to Barack Obama, candidates are seen being prepared for their debates, then in the sometimes funny, sometimes disastrous results on live television. Cockerell shows why for our would-be next Prime Ministers - Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg - the three debate stages across Britain will be what one former US President calls 'Tension City'.

  1. James Giles

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Denis McWilliams

    Editor

  4. Michael Cockerell, James Giles

    Producer



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