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.

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.

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 ...

How did you get involved in the role? I got involved sometime in November/October of 2023. I was extremely surprised when my agent said there is this thing called ‘Brian and Maggie’ and it’s ...

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.

I shifted to seeing her as a human being’ - INTERVIEW: The star of new docudrama ‘Brian and Maggie’ sits down with Helen ...

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

The biggest TV crime drama returns as Don Warrington and new recruit Don Gilet talk sun, sea and success in the Caribbean, ...

Drama Brian and Maggie will focus on the final television interview between Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher in 1989. The interview became a national talking point at the time and was a major ...

Coogan plays Brian Walden in Brian and Maggie, a Channel 4 series which dramatises their famous 1989 television interview. The actor said he had “huge antipathy” towards Thatcher and vetoed ...

On the morning Steve Coogan and I sit down, Kemi Badenoch is railing against the “bland, soggy old sandwich” and declaring a war on lunch. Nigel Farage is posting a picture of himself on X ...

Dame Harriet Walter has said it was “difficult” to portray the “mask-like” quality of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher for a new Channel 4 drama. Brian And Maggie tells the story of ...