Michael Foot
Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was married to documentary filmmaker Jill Craigie.
Known For | Writing |
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Most Rating | 1.364 |
Birthday | 1913-07-23 |
Place of Birth | Plymouth, Devon, England, UK |
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1997
Labour's Old Romantic
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A profile of Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, which included footage of him on the night of Tony Blair’s historic 1997 victory, an...
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Labour's Old Romantic
2001
Cabinet Confidential
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A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers - including Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher...
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Cabinet Confidential
2007
From Beaconsfield to Baghdad
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Parliamentary correspondent Robert Orchard reviews the highs and lows of Tony Blair's tumultuous relationship with Parliament.
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From Beaconsfield to Baghdad
1995
Two Hours from London
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Documentary about the outbreak of the war in former Yugoslavia that calls on the leaders of Europe to come to the aid of the stricken country.
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Two Hours from London
1940
Young Veteran
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The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.
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Young Veteran
2020
Independent Miss Craigie
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Some time after her death, film director Jill Craigie (1911- 99), re-opens an old suitcase, prompting memories of the extraordinary life and loves of...
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Independent Miss Craigie
1981
Rough Justice
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Portrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil. Life in the valley isn't what it was, there's no pit in Deri now, but the humour survives,...
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