BBC Documentaries

The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher (2013x71)

: 14, 2013

BBC presenter Martha Kearney, who became a political correspondent when Margaret Thatcher was at the height of her political power, charts the unlikely rise of the grocer's daughter who became Britain's most famous prime minister. She also reflects on Thatcher's bitter downfall at the hands of her colleagues in government, a betrayal she never recovered from.