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The Wilderness Years

Season 1

4 episodes · Dec 3, 1995

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  • S1E1

    Cast into the Wilderness

    Dec 3, 199559m

    Out of power and riven with strife, this programme tells the inside story of the Labour Party's bitter civil war with leading players speaking with devastating frankness about the time from 1979-81.

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  • S1E2

    Comrades of War

    Dec 10, 199560m

    In the early 80s Michael Foot was leader of a divided Labour Party. The 1981 deputy leadership battle between Denis Healey and Tony Benn split party loyalties and Labour sank to its lowest popularity ever.

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  • S1E3

    Enter the Rose

    Dec 17, 199559m

    Senior Labour politicians explore the Labour Party's long years in opposition. In 1983 after a humiliating defeat by Margaret Thatcher, Labour elected Neil Kinnock as its new leader in the hope that he can modernise the party.

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  • S1E4

    The Pursuit of Power

    Dec 18, 199560m

    Key political figures from the Labour Party tell the story of the struggle to modernise the party, culminating in the rise to power of Tony Blair and the arrival of a new breed of Labour politician.

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