Harold Wilson
Birthday: 1916-03-11
Place of Birth: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography: James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983. Wilson is the only Labour leader to have formed administrations following four general elections.
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Cabinet Confidential
A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime mini...
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How to Be Prime Minister
It begins with cheers but almost always ends in tears. Yet, as the election looms, competition for t...
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Royal Family
Intimate portrait of the daily life of the British Royal Family drawn from 18 months of filming with...
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How to Win the TV Debate
With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Mich...
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How to Be an Ex-Prime Minister
Michael Cockerell tells the story of how prime ministers have coped with life after Number Ten, afte...
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Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they we...
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Perfumed Nightmare
Kidlat, a Filipino jeepney driver, is fascinated by the idea of the American space programme and by ...
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The Downing Street Patient
Michael Cockerell presents this documentary on the health problems of Britain's Prime Ministers....
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The Plot Against Harold Wilson
When Harold Wilson suddenly resigned as Labour prime minister resigned in 1976, most assumed there w...
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Harold Wilson: A Life
BBC obituary documentary written and presented by Anthony Howard. Broadcast on the day of the death ...
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series....
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