The Wilderness Years

• E1

  Cast into the Wilderness

  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.

  1995-12-03 · 59m
  Mark watched
• E2

  Comrades of War

  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.

  1995-12-10 · 60m
  Mark watched
• E3

  Enter the Rose

  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.

  1995-12-17 · 59m
  Mark watched
• E4

  The Pursuit of Power

  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.

  1995-12-18 · 60m
  Mark watched

Top cast

Philip Tibenham

Self (Narrator)

James Callaghan

Self

Tony Benn

Self

Michael Foot

Self

Neil Kinnock

Self

Roy Jenkins

Self

Tony Blair

Self

Jeremy Corbyn

Self

Peter Tatchell

Self

Denis Healey

Self

Derek Hatton

Self

David Owen

Self