BLAIR & BROWN: THE NEW LABOUR REVOLUTION
Director | Producer
BBC Studios
Executive Producer: Steve Condie
BBC Two
Episode 1 of 5-part series (2020)
Winner: Best Documentary Series, Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
“ A stirring, illuminating watch: an example of how modern political documentary can become a socio-historical account of the times ”
“ The programme-makers have been blessed with their interviewees, who don’t hold back. ... This excellently researched documentary series comes at a pivotal moment ”
“ This retrospective is so brilliantly constructed … there are some moments of real insight ”
From the ashes of the 1983 election, two young MPs Tony Blair and Gordon Brown dare to dream of making Labour electable again. This film explored the friendship and friction between the policy-focused vision of Brown and the charismatic ‘centrism’ of Blair. The series features interviews with Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Alastair Campbell, Peter Mandelson and other Labour veteran insiders.
