Edwina Currie, Matthew Parris and Ian Hislop lead a cast of politicians and journalists sharing personal memories of Cecil Parkinson and the scandal that ended his political ambitions – a secret affair with his secretary Sara Keays that lasted 12 years and would threaten the stability of the Conservative government. A story of power, politics and personal consequences.
As a young reporter, Jon Snow reported live on Margaret Thatcher becoming Britain's first female Prime Minister. Jon shares his personal recollections of the woman who dominated his early career.
Series giving a voice to 35- to 54-year-old men, very probably the grumpiest sector of our society.
Multiple award winning ‘Times’ journalist and ex Conservative MP Matthew Parris spends six months on Kerguelen, the world’s most remote island.
Unemployed Harry Morgan from Tyneside takes over the duties of Conservative MP Matthew Parris for a week, in a sequel to the programme in which Parris lived on unemployment benefit for a week.
Matthew Francis Parris is a South African-British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament.
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