Synopsis
One-off documentary providing an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers have run their cabinets. Featuring interviews, archive footage, and exclusive filming inside No. 10, Michael Cockerell asks whether cabinet government is now an obsolete concept.
- Programme: Cabinet Confidential
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2001
- Politics
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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