Thatcher signs memoirs following TV interview controversy

Title

Thatcher signs memoirs following TV interview controversy

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

13 Jun 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:04:28

Description

Robert Allen reports on the first public signing of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s second autobiography, The Path to Power and Beyond, which has been overshadowed by a BBC television interview with David Frost in which she criticised John Major and his policies, particularly those on Europe. Devotees formed a queue at Hatchards bookstore in Piccadilly Circus, London. Vox pop with public waiting to buy her memoir. Thatcher interview clip copyright of BBC, used by courtesy of BBC.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Robert Allen

Keywords

Books; Authors; Politics; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Conservative Party; Prime ministers; Autobiographies; Europe; Government policy; John Major; David Frost; The Path to Power and Beyond; EU

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