Learning on ScreenPrime Ministers, The: Series One
- Synopsis
- This BBC radio series presents eight fifteen minute profiles of notable British Prime Ministers. Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest-serving prime minister; Lord North, remembered as the prime minister who lost America; Sir Robert Peel, who put national interest before party; Lord Palmerston, who cultivated a cavalier image and dominated mid-Victorian politics; Benjamin Disraeli turned his skills as a novelist to politics and became Britain’s first Jewish-born prime minister; David Lloyd George, Welsh radical who set up the early welfare state, became a presidential PM in the First World War and split the Liberal party; Stanley Baldwin, the first prime minister to master radio broadcasting, his notion of Englishness shaped inter-war Britain; and, Clement Attlee, who lacked any charisma, but created the modern welfare state and managed the big political beasts in his Cabinet.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2011
- Subjects
- Politics & government
- Keywords
- politicians; political history; prime ministers; British history
Credits
- Contributor
- Nick Robinson
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Audio
- Format
- CD
- Price
- £10.49
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 120 minutes
- Year
- 2014
Production Company
- Name
BBC Radio
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
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