How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister
Michael Cockerell tells the story of how prime ministers have coped with life after Number Ten, after Tony Blair became the youngest member of the ex-PMs' club for a hundred years. The film reveals who left office bankrupt, who did TV commercials for Cheshire cheese, who had his own chat show and who has never had a single happy day since leaving Number Ten. Cockerell, who met the eight PMs prior to Blair, looks at what Tony planned do next and just how many millions he could make from being an ex-PM.
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Michael Cockerell
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Tony Blair
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Robin Butler
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James Callaghan
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Alastair Campbell
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Winston Churchill Jr.
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Winston Churchill
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Ken Clarke
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Bernard Donoughue
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Edward Heath
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Douglas Hurd
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Bernard Ingham
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Margaret Jay
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Tim Kitson
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Alexander Macmillan
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Harold Macmillan
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John Major
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Charles Powell
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Margaret Thatcher
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Ed Victor
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Crew
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