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‘Succession’ Star Harriet Walter To Play Margaret Thatcher In ‘Frost/Nixon’-Style Channel 4 Drama From Stephen Frears, James Graham, Steve Coogan
Channel 4 has set Margaret Thatcher Drama 'Brian & Margaret' With Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan, Stephen Frears, James Graham
Unveiled with three weeks until the general election, the two-parter is a dramatization of the story behind and occasion of Thatcher’s last TV interview, the hugely damaging ITV grilling by her old friend Brian Walden (Coogan), which some view as the final nail in her prime ministerial coffin. Walter was Emmy nominated for her role as Logan Roy’s ex-wife Lady Caroline Collingwood in HBO smash Succession, while she has also starred in Killing Eve, Silo and The Crown, and is a doyen of the West End stage. With her left-wing political leanings, Walter joked that she “has to travel a great distance to reach Maggie Thatcher.” “But with James’s brilliant script, Stephen Frears to guide me and Steve Coogan to accompany me I have the dream team to help me achieve it,” she added.
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