Lindsay Duncan stars in this major, two-hour film for television that looks behind the veil surrounding the “real” Baroness Thatcher, to imagine how she felt as she fell victim to one of the most extraordinary acts of political assassination the world has ever seen.

London, November 1990 and Margaret Thatcher’s beleaguered deputy, Geoffrey Howe, stands up in the House of Commons and makes a stinging resignation speech that no one is expecting and asks the rest of his party to consider its loyalty to the Iron Lady.

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Margaret is a compelling drama about power and betrayal written by Richard Cottan (Wallander, Hancock & Joan).

The extraordinary cast for this powerful production is headed by multi-BAFTA nominated actress Lindsay Duncan (Rome) as the Iron Lady.

She is joined by a host of outstanding veteran actors including Ian McDiarmid as Margaret’s loyal husband Denis, James Fox as foreign policy adviser Charles Powell, Robert Hardy as Willie Whitelaw, Philip Jackson as chief press secretary Bernard Ingham, Kevin McNally as Kenneth Clarke and Oliver Cotton as Michael Heseltine.

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