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Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) (TV)
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12 June 2008 (UK)
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A light-hearted retelling of the true story of future prime minister Margaret Thatcher, during the fifties when, working as a research chemist, she begins her attempts to be selected for parliament, and meets her future husband Dennis. full summary | add synopsis
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the Iron Lady's start in politics played for fun
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Andrea Riseborough | ... | Margaret Thatcher |
 | Philip Jackson | ... | Alfred Roberts |
| Michael Gould | ... | John Miller |
| Jonathan Aris | ... | Stanley Soward |
| Rory Kinnear | ... | Denis Thatcher |
 | Samuel West | ... | Ted Heath |
| Lydia Leonard | ... | Joyce |
| Marcia Warren | ... | Old Dear |
| Michael Cochrane | ... | Sir Waldron Smithers |
| Sylvestra Le Touzel | ... | Patricia Hornsby-Smith |
| Christian Rodska | ... | Lieutenant Colonel Digby |
 | Robert Whitelock | ... | Bert |
| Geoffrey McGivern | ... | Dartford Returning Officer / TV & Radio Announcer (as Geoff McGivern) |
| James Laurenson | ... | Leslie Thomas |
| Claire Vousden | ... | Nanny |
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In the opening titles, the play was subtitled "How Margaret might have done it".
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'The Long Road to Finchley' presents Margaret Thatcher (nee Roberts) as a flirty and calculating young lady, hell bent on getting into the House of Commons and then on to the top (gamely played by Andrea Riseborough). It deals with her engagement to Denis (Rory Kinnear) and her - at first - friendship with Ted Heath (Samuel West playing the future PM as crippled with shyness and embarrassment around Mrs T), while dealing with her attempts to find a Tory seat to represent.
I loved the flighty character in her hats and pearls striding into the establishment (presented best by Geoffrey Palmer, and no one could display the indignation of England better), alongside her anonymous husband who was only useful to get his wife votes, and their twins who presented a withering annoyance. Despite its refusal to deal seriously with political issues, rather presenting Mrs Thatcher as the feminist dream to empower all women, this drama is interesting, and a good companion piece to the programme about her later years 'Margaret', made a year later.