The two-part show will look at former Labour MP and broadcast journalist Brian Walden, played by Steve, and former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher, portrayed by Harriet.

Mask-like’ Thatcher difficult to portray, says Dame Harriet Walter - The actress plays the former prime minister in Channel 4 ...

Brian and Maggie is now confirmed to be airing on Channel 4 at 9pm on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th January 2025.

Steve Coogan has revealed that one scene in his new drama Brian and Maggie ended up being cut from the show because he ...

A dramatic recreation of Margaret Thatcher's final TV interview with journalist Brian Walden from which their friendship never recovered. After resigning as a Labour MP, Brian Walden is poached by ...

Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter in ‘Brian and Maggie’, a major new dramatisation of Margaret Thatcher and journalist Brian ...

explores the breakdown of the unlikely friendship between veteran political inquisitor Brian Walden and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher over a bombshell interview in 1989. Here Steve Coogan, who ...

about the history of the political interview. In that book, he came across this quite meaningful friendship between Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher which he said was quite an interesting story.

1989. When Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher came together for their last ever TV interview, little did they know they were about to embark on one of the most famous political exchanges of all time.

Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter in 'Brian and Maggie', a major new dramatisation of Margaret Thatcher and journalist Brian ...