I'm deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sylvia Sims today whose role as Thatcher in this was magnificent. May Ms Sims rest in peace.
@123brownjames
Жыл бұрын
Yes RIP Sylvia
@JupiterThunder
9 ай бұрын
Her portrayal of Thatcher was very good, very accurate. Unlike the other lame attempts at it. E.g. Meryl Streep.
@grahamlyle4872
3 ай бұрын
Sylvia Sims was an excellent actress, only yesterday I enjoyed her great performance in ' Ice cold in Alex ' on Talking pictures TV. Hadn't seen it in years and once again I was thoroughly impressed by it. I know I'm very late in this regard, but I wanted to add my own r.i.p Sylvia 😢
@damienabbott9805
Жыл бұрын
Sylvia Syms played the part brilliantly. May she RIP!!!
@SiVlog1989
7 жыл бұрын
What her downfall shows, not just in reference to her but anyone who has been in power for a long time, leaders can get complacent. They think that they can rely on the past to remain in power. History is not made in the past, but in the present and the future
@dariowiter3078
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Great observation! 😁👍
@darrendiggins9853
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant observation and a fantastic description of the time. Things rarely change,. People living on past glories and don't know when time has overtaken them.
@Louielinguini
Жыл бұрын
Hubris
@charlieboy1701
Жыл бұрын
She was the smartest one around. Perhaps she became too arrogant. That’s a possibility. Here in the USA we have politicians who have been in office for all of their lives. At least she did something with the time she served. Winston Churchill as the greatest wartime, Prime Minister of Great Britain. Margaret Thatcher is the greatest peacetime minister of Great Britain. I hope I’m wrong, but I have a feeling we won’t see the likes of her again for 100 years.
@SiVlog1989
Жыл бұрын
@@charlieboy1701 well maybe, but we'll never know until we experience it. An underrated Prime Minister, in my view, is the man who's time in Office was bookended by Churchill, Clement Atlee. It was under his watch, for example, that Britain began to reconcile with its brutal history of colonialism, particularly in the Indian Subcontinent. Although in the case of the partition of India and Pakistan, it was far from perfect, paving the way for chaos and bloodshed, he did nonetheless pave the way for Britain to be more open to allow its colonial subjects to become independent. What's more, some of his policies, like the NHS (National Health Service) are revered institutions to this day. Even Churchill wasn't perfect, even for his day, his views regarding the British Empire were old fashioned. When the world was moving away from Colonialism, he refused to even consider the idea of Britain letting go of its empire
@mjwatts1983
4 жыл бұрын
“ Every glorious reign must come to an end” - Francis Urquhart
@kdlofty
Жыл бұрын
Margaret Thatcher was anything but "Glorious".
@petermckerrow7694
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading this. Excellent cast and stellar performance by the actor playing Thatcher.
@MrDavey2010
3 жыл бұрын
Never seen this before. Thank you very much for uploading.
@celticlofts
2 жыл бұрын
Thatcher was opposed to a Federal Europe for one reason and one reason only. She know that the UK would not lead that Federal Europe, Germany would.
@torontoboy45
Жыл бұрын
Hardly surprising that a rabble of MP’s got shot of her. Churchill was well aware that the enemy was not in front of him but behind. Today’s spivvery of Tory MP’s are no different. Some things never change.
@tnakai1971jp
9 жыл бұрын
Anyone who was asked to perform as Mrs Thatcher must have had mixed feelings when she was alive.
@dariowiter3078
3 жыл бұрын
Had Thatcher reorganized her government after that win over Heseltine, she still would have been heading the ship of state at No. 10 Downing Street had she saw the danger in front of her in terms of a Heseltine ministry. But her arrogance was what destroyed her power base, unfortunately. 😐
@bruh949
2 жыл бұрын
Thank god Heseltine didn’t succeed her. He’s be so bad bloody evil Neil “we’re alright” Kinnock would have won. I’d have shoot myself if that happened. Thank god it was Major…
@dariowiter3078
4 жыл бұрын
Sad if you think about it, but this was Margaret Thatcher's "Ides Of March"(March 15, 44 A.D., the assassination of Julius Caesar) in late 1990. 😞
@Abraham-uk4xy
4 ай бұрын
Tq for uploading. For nostalgia these are good
@andrewbryden3256
6 жыл бұрын
If only she was around to get the UK out of the eu, she was right about the eu and the euro.
@merseydave1
Жыл бұрын
I remember that morning verey well, the night before I went to Ashton in Makerfield to visit a mate, he being a Labour supporter me being a Labour Activist. That night we went into every pup, all we talked about was what could or will happen ... we never exspected her to resign. My mate had a spare bedroom with a very comvertable bed .... That morning I was woken up by his screem downstars and him running up the stars shouting "She's Gone, She's Gone" on going home to Liverpool everyone was Jubilant I WAS NOT as I know that was the END of Labour's potential Election Victory ... I was RIGHT!.
@philipterzian4581
4 жыл бұрын
The Thatcher character looks/sounds/behaves like Mrs Slocombe if Mrs Slocombe had gone from Grace Bros to the House of Commons. Amusing, but no resemblance to Margaret Thatcher.
@liamhackett513
2 жыл бұрын
It's Sylvia Syms. Ice Cold in Alex.
@keithsmith3678
Жыл бұрын
But Thatcher really was quite a pantomime dame by the end of her time!
@TheGlassman63
7 жыл бұрын
The actor who played Douglas Hurd was a dead ringer for Sir Geoffrey Howe. They should have swapped parts.
@naysmith5272
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I did like the choice for Ken Clarke.
@davecross4408
10 жыл бұрын
have to say that she knew the party rules all those years (re-election every year) and despite how she always said how ridiculous it was after 1990, she had all the previous decade to make a change. Of course though before 90 it suited her because each year previous it was a free headline for her to show how she was the boss. Unfortunately for her it came back to bite her
@kevinlongman007
3 жыл бұрын
It was not a mandatory leadership election as it was only triggered if somebody chose to challenge her. As it happens she was only challenged twice in her 15 years as Conservative leader. The first time was in 1989 after she had already been PM for over 10 years and she won easily and the second time was by Heseltine in 1990.
@JonniePolyester
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful seeing such a great roll call of British character actors.... Roland Oliver who plays Ken Clarke is a dead ringer for ... Alex Salmond! 😂
@IWalkAloneGuy
10 жыл бұрын
Just now seeing this. How could I have overlooked it?!?! Thanks so much!!!
@thatcheritescot
10 жыл бұрын
glad u enjoyed!
@IWalkAloneGuy
10 жыл бұрын
***** You bet!
@britishairwaysfan6235
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video. I enjoyed it,brought back memories. D.
@firstborn1988gorsaga
11 жыл бұрын
She lost the support of her party. In the UK, more emphasis is placed on the cabinet being elected than the Political leader than say the US. Is she lost the support of her cabinet then that was that.
@robertm4063
Жыл бұрын
Prime Minister Thatcher did not deserve to lose her job like this. The only way she should have lost her job as PM is if she (ie - her Govt/Cabinet) lost a vote of no confidence on the floor of the House of Commons, and the Tories lost the ensuing General Election. The irony is she secured more votes than Heseltine, and yet she was the one who stood down! I sometimes wonder if the Tories have ever got over this traumatic period. Debate about her Govt's policies are for elsewhere.
@370suzuki
Жыл бұрын
Maggi was right all along
@alanwitton5039
6 жыл бұрын
Tough hard faced arrogant and uncompromising she may have been but she was proven right on euro and Europe
@smi8181
6 жыл бұрын
Well, what difference does it makes? From Brussels or via direct channel, All decisions are taken and imposed according to Washignton's desire (In the EU as well as the UK like wise) aren't they. What kind of indenpendance is "she" or "anynone" talking about???... all of them being, at the end of the day, a bunch of Puddles, competing to be Washington prefect's (Wether it's an british, french german or european breed) Decision on Voltage nomination on the hoovers? Really? Are they as stupid or completely incompetent? Combination of both really being the ultimate twat perfection of the state being!!!! Pathetic...
@paulthesquid3595
3 жыл бұрын
Proven right about what on the euro & Europe? some people have rose tinted delusions on Thatcher i think in all honesty there.
@Liselle1100
11 ай бұрын
It’s a tragedy what’s happened to this pub but, thankfully, this is a video to remember it’s greatness 😢
@simonandrew8268
8 жыл бұрын
vary good piece of British Television☺
@moviestarmemories630
8 жыл бұрын
GET OUT OF THE EU WHILE YOU STILL CAN.......
@dariowiter3078
4 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍👍 👏👏👏👏👏 😁😁😁😁😁
@TheKonga88
4 жыл бұрын
Get the ant eggs out your panties while you still have fish hands 🏃🏃🏃🏃😂😂😂😂😂😂🐠👐👐🐠👐🐟🐟🐟🐠👐🐟👐👐
@LakhaniRishi
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading thatcheritescot! I´ve been trying to find this for a long time!
@lindymcbroom953
3 ай бұрын
Sylvia Syms Played Lady Thatcher MUCH better Than the Queen Mother in "The Queen" with Dame Helen Mirren
@tick9405
7 жыл бұрын
although its hard to hard to fulfil Margaret thatcher role i personally think that this actress done a decent job but still cant be compared to the actress in "the Falklands movie"
@donatist59
7 жыл бұрын
I agree but the age difference worked for me -- this actress was quite believable as Mrs Thatcher in her last days while Patricia Hodge was excellent as Mrs Thatcher in her prime, nine years earlier.
@dariowiter3078
4 жыл бұрын
That's Meryl Streep, idiot! You can't even named the actress who did that so-called "Falklands movie"?! Fucking douche bag! 😠😠😠😠😠
@iPilot747
3 жыл бұрын
@@dariowiter3078 Maybe you should do your research before insulting people. You’re the one who looks an idiot BECAUSE Meryl Streep played Thatcher in the movie ‘The Iron Lady’. Whereas Patricia Hodge played her in the film ‘The Falklands Play’. How who looks a douchebag 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@andrewcharley1893
4 жыл бұрын
Very good insight into her last days well acted and very compelling to watch.👍🏾
@jacobtodd1622
9 ай бұрын
The dude who played Neil Kinnock........wonderful!
@nuttywatty
8 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the queen thought of all of this
@martintheiss743
6 жыл бұрын
It was her duty to commission elections if she felt as a ceremonial head of the nation one can be concerned if the government of the day is doing the job right. With that said, 40 years after 1975, her private records and those of Prince Charles said that both the Prime Minister of Australia and their Governor General plead for help and constitutional advice regarding the disembowelment of their political situation ironically anchored in an American inspired legislative setup. They jointly figured something was not going right over there and it was not their problem to solve.
@TheMutley
15 күн бұрын
Maggie would have stopped the boats!
@albaproductions9602
9 жыл бұрын
It is sad that the party stabbed her in the back in favour of a spineless leader like Major.
@dariogagliano4218
9 жыл бұрын
Well they clearly paid a high price (well deserved) for it because they were thrown in exile for 13 years after John Major's defeat in 1997. Perhaps if Margaret Thatcher had stayed on as prime minister, she might have lost the next general election, but at least then the party could have recovered and stated 'the Thatcher era is over, time for a renewal' and reformed itself the correct way. Instead there were too many wounds that didn't heal, and the party shot itself in the foot multiple times. Definitely an inglorious end to a wonderful prime minister.
@chancer55
6 жыл бұрын
I actually liked John Major he undid a lot of the bad things Thatcher did , he was a softer leader who listened but that was what was needed , and remember the economy bounce came very early in Labours reign meaning it was Majors govt that recovered it
@chancer55
6 жыл бұрын
she was a pug headed witch
@johncronin9540
6 жыл бұрын
Alba Productions Every politician eventually wears out their welcome. One thing rarely mentioned was this: only after Reagan and Thatcher left office did real economic sanctions get imposed on the apartheid regime in South Africa, finally bringing that regime to an end. That her and Reagan had both effectively blocked any genuine sanctions, keeping that regime in power much longer than it should have. It would also seem that Margaret Thatcher had lost the ability to listen. The weirdest thing I remember was her use in public of the “Royal We”, when announcing the birth of a grandchild. When anyone is in the kind of bubble that forms around a head of government (or state), unless they have top notch advisers, who feel confident to tell a head of government not what they want to hear, but what they NEED to hear, the Head of Government (State) eventually loses touch with their people.
@dariowiter3078
6 жыл бұрын
Alba Productions What Margaret Thatcher went through was an Idles(sp?) of March(March 15, 44 AD) situation. Sad, really.
@smokerlad
3 жыл бұрын
If it hadn’t been for Maggie, I think it’s likely we would have been in the Euro
@bruh949
2 жыл бұрын
Well I have to say as much as my fellow brexiteers hate John Major because of the Euro issue he was GREAT PM in many ways and was Thatcherite economically. But forget that rn, cuz did you know he rejected the Euro. He is on the top list of “5 Britons who kept UK out of Euro”.
@djmac3113
5 жыл бұрын
Shocking casting
@SilverWalker84
Жыл бұрын
Thatcher was definitely too divisive to be in politics but she was definitely one hardcore individual to make it to #10 in that era.
@zaqvoir4856
3 жыл бұрын
opening scene: Maggie walking down the hall: SHE'S WEARING HER HANDBAG ON THE WRONG ARM
@mrhat50
7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful film
@CIA-fx8mb
3 жыл бұрын
Could somebody be so courteous and tell me the name of the organ piece?
@Bunney29
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like an improvisation or specially composed work.
@mshroye2
5 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that she probably had a better chance if it wasn’t for the bumbling of Peter Morrison
@robertm4063
8 ай бұрын
A good point. Her leadership campaign, in the autumn 1990 contest, was run very poorly. She fell short by 4 votes.
@SKisatourist2010
3 жыл бұрын
Remember watching this in 1991.
@markr002
2 жыл бұрын
Great casting except for Thatcher who neither looks nor sounds like her.
@tnakai1971jp
9 жыл бұрын
The Dean of Porterhouse was actually Sir Geoffrey Howe, I did not realise.
@peterjackson1677
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant casting.
@keithsmith3678
Жыл бұрын
A very good depiction of the last days of Thatcher, but why were there no names shown on screen for characters from opposition parties?
@chasey2327
7 ай бұрын
the actor playing press secretary and rottweiler Bernard Ingham has him spot on! u have to ask - what has changed in the composition of the tory cabinet in last 30 years? still largely poshos it was always thus and always will be.
@fabricehaubois2442
3 жыл бұрын
Remarkable, England was so lucky to have MT at this pivotal moment
@watchflexwatchflex5956
2 жыл бұрын
Biggest mistake the Tory party ever made
@68Albion
10 жыл бұрын
I find this drama farcical as it fails to mention the Poll Tax. It was this issued that terrified the Tories particularly as it resulted in people who had been out of work getting a taste what so called "Thatcherism" was all about.
@mackbolan8
9 жыл бұрын
68Albion i hear the poll tax mentioned alot during the first 30 minutes
@donatist59
7 жыл бұрын
The "community charge" was mentioned several times.
@lonelysymphony
10 жыл бұрын
Never seen this one before. When was it made?
@dariowiter3078
4 жыл бұрын
The copyright year is shown at the end of this television movie.
@philbourque5216
Жыл бұрын
I can watch Bruno Ganz as Hitler repeatedly. I can't watch Meryl Streep as Thatcher. I can watch this final chapter of Maggie maybe because its Sylvia Sims and I have little fan connection to her and the movie's structure is like Downfall. Thatcher brings to mind Elvis Costello's Tramp The Dirt Down.
@thisbevos
3 жыл бұрын
If only the UK had a Margaret Thatcher now....
@btnled357
Жыл бұрын
WHere on earth did they find her.. Terrible delivery of the no no no speech....and wow, wasnt Thatcher right ??? Well, over 30 years later we still havent joined the single currency and given the choice FINALLY, the people ended up voting to leave the EU all together !!
@alancassell566
Жыл бұрын
The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself.. Waterloo
@alancassell566
Жыл бұрын
Damage limitation.. Crisis.. What crisis..
@alancassell566
Жыл бұрын
Parliament used to be filled with Titans.. Now it 's full of titanics..
@andycapp5581
Жыл бұрын
Tories fighting like rats in a sack, self first, party second, country third……plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
@shauntaylor6040
2 жыл бұрын
Howe was so wet, and despite not liking Thatcher she was proved correct on Europe. Heseltine was equally as arrogant. Like Hitler at the end of the Reich.
@leecarney4373
Жыл бұрын
LOL Correct on Europe, at a time when the UK economy is in freefall all because of the shrinking of the economy caused by Brexit was not factored in to economic choices and finally the financial markets forced project reality (aka project fear) to be accepted by Westminster even if some delusional Leave voters still refuse to see the truth
@andrewhuckle803
3 жыл бұрын
I can remember an interview with Sylvia Sims about playing Mrs Thatcher, from what I recall Sylvia stated she was a Socialist.
and look where its got us. retarded leader, just like the people today .
@arejaycee5484
3 жыл бұрын
Still living with the consequences of thatcher unfortunately
@guermouchemarouane5116
3 жыл бұрын
Poor leftist. That woman saved the country from continuing decline
@SamTibbins123
3 жыл бұрын
This. Is. Terrible. No. No. No.
@CJQuinn
11 жыл бұрын
epic intro thatcheritescot
@rrickarr
Жыл бұрын
Wrong actress--Gillian Weir did much better in The Crown. A good actress could have at least gotten a better accent!
@TheKonga88
4 жыл бұрын
I gave a ride to a lady in Arizona in 1976 and she was so polite when she got in my car, but about 10 minutes into our journey, she started to melt and her human skin fell off revealing an amazing black, shiny body with 6 legs and 2 tentacles coming out her head.. You see, she was a giant queen ant and she asked me to go live with her underground to help her start an ant colony and fertilize her eggs and I accepted.. We now have 22 wonderful children together.. Below is a family photo of us.. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👸👨🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
It’s great to watch her humiliation in all its technicolour glory. She and her fellow zealots put millions out of work and finally her cabinet did the same to her.
@bobbest1611
3 жыл бұрын
you can't have a movie about the end of thatcher without mentioning the poll tax.
@guermouchemarouane5116
Жыл бұрын
The real reason of her downfall was her position concerning europe( She was 100% right all along). The poll tax was an excuse to bring her down
@Aidankiwi
4 жыл бұрын
"Ding dong the witch is dead!!!!"
@arielamanor
7 жыл бұрын
׳חצ
@arronscott7286
3 жыл бұрын
Just a shame her final days weren’t weeks after she was born.
@TrustMeiamaD.R.
2 жыл бұрын
#BrynEstyn Watching the evil one getting rolled by the evil #Toryscum has made my day. Thank you!
@randomhumanoidblob4506
2 жыл бұрын
It's like Fayed vs Hamilton. You hate both sides so much that however it plays out, someone gets shafted. The satisfaction of it being BitchThatcher is just....mmmmmmwah!
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