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Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–74) and as Leader of the Conservative Party (1965–75).
Born in Broadstairs, Kent, Heath studied at Oxford and served in the Second World War. He was first elected in the 1950 general election, for Bexley and was government Chief Whip during the 1950s. Entering the Cabinet as Minister of Labour in 1959, he was then Lord Privy Seal responsible for Macmillan's unsuccessful EEC entry negotiations, then President of the Board of Trade. In 1965 Heath won the leadership of the Conservative Party against Reginald Maudling and Enoch Powell. The general election of 1966 saw the Labour government of Harold Wilson achieve a large increase in seats, however Heath remained Conservative leader.
Heath became Prime Minister after winning the 1970 general election. In 1971, Heath oversaw the decimalisation of British coinage and in 1972, he implemented major reform to the UK's system of local government. In foreign policy, Heath took the UK into the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973. Heath's premiership oversaw the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, with the suspension of the Stormont parliament and the imposition of direct British rule. Unofficial talks with IRA delegates were unsuccessful, as was the Sunningdale Agreement of 1973, which caused Ulster Unionists to withdraw from the Conservative whip.
Actors: Ronald Reagan (actor), John Sessions (actor), Mikhail Gorbachev (actor), Matthew Marsh (actor), Richard E. Grant (actor), Trevor McDonald (actor), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Greg Bennett (actor), Iain Glen (actor), Anthony Head (actor), Jim Broadbent (actor), Jeremy Child (actor), Michael Maloney (actor), Meryl Streep (actress), Pip Torrens (actor),
Plot: Elderly and a virtual prisoner in her own home due to her concerned staff and daughter Carol, Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister, looks back on her life as she clears out her late husband Denis's clothes for the Oxfam shop. Denis is seen as being her rock as she first enters parliament and then runs for the leadership of the Conservative Party, culminating in her eventual premiereship. Now his ghost joins her to comment on her successes and failures, sometimes to her annoyance, generally to her comfort until ultimately, as the clothes are sent to the charity shop, Denis departs from Margret's life forever.
Keywords: 10-downing-street, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, alzheimer's-disease, argentina, assassinationActors: James Fox (actor), Robert Hardy (actor), John Sessions (actor), Kevin McNally (actor), Greg Bennett (actor), Robert Cooper (producer), Philip Jackson (actor), Michael Maloney (actor), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (actor), Lindsay Duncan (actress), Michael Cochrane (actor), Rosemary Leach (actress), Nicholas Jones (actor), Dominic Muldowney (composer), Rupert Vansittart (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Christopher Eccleston (actor), Adrian Johnston (composer), Pip Torrens (actor), Michael Byrne (actor), Oliver Ford Davies (actor), Corin Redgrave (actor), Nigel Martin Davey (actor), Stuart Graham (actor), Eva Birthistle (actress), Barbara Kidd (costume designer), Jake Wood (actor), Barrie Vince (editor), William Armstrong (actor), Tom Goodman-Hill (actor), Ciarán McMenamin (actor),
Plot: Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Government of the time. On Sunday 30th January 1972 a peaceful civil rights march against internment (imprisonment without trial), organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ended with 13 marchers shot dead and 15 wounded. It became known throughout the world as Bloody Sunday. Told primarily from the perspective of the Derry community, juxtaposed with the British Army/state's preparations and reaction to the day, Sunday communicates the forensic and emotional truth of what happened.
Keywords: day-in-title, northern-ireland, one-word-title, shootingActors: Anton Lesser (actor), John Woodvine (actor), Peter Cellier (actor), Mark Tandy (actor), Sylvestra Le Touzel (actress), Thomas Wheatley (actor), Anthony Smee (actor), Breffni McKenna (actor), Hugh Simon (actor), Ian Tyler (actor), James Coombes (actor), Alec Linstead (actor), Gerald James (actor), Andrew Paul (actor), Owen Brenman (actor),
Genres: Drama,