| The Long Walk to Finchley | |
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| Starring | Andrea Riseborough Rory Kinnear Samuel West Geoffrey Palmer |
| Composers | Srdjan Kurpjel and Mario Takoushis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Robert Cooper, Kate Triggs, Bethan Jones |
| Producer | Madonna Baptiste |
| Production location | Simon Nixon |
| Cinematography | Jan Jonaeus (photography) |
| Editor | Anthony Combes |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Four |
| Release | 12 June 2008 |
| Related | |
| Margaret | |
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Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley, subtitled in the initial credits How Maggie Might Have Done It, is a 2008 BBC Four television drama based on the early political career of the young Margaret Thatcher (née Roberts), from her attempts to gain a seat in Dartford in 1949 via invasion to her first successful campaign to win a parliamentary seat, Finchley, in 1959. It also portrays her early relationship and marriage with Denis Thatcher.
It is directed by Niall MacCormick, produced by Madonna Baptiste and written by Tony Saint – it was made by Great Meadows Productions. Thatcher is played by Andrea Riseborough, Denis by Rory Kinnear and Edward Heath by Samuel West.
It was followed in February 2009 by Margaret, a drama on Thatcher's fall from power filmed in 2008–09,[1] with Thatcher played by Lindsay Duncan.[2]
- ^ Aaronovitch, David (23 February 2008). "Portillo on Thatcher as Tory pin-up". The Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
- ^ "Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley". BBC. Retrieved 15 March 2010.