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How to Win the TV Debate

How to Win the TV Debate

Apr 12, 2010 1h 0m
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With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take part in these contests and how leaders try to win them. He tells the inside story of why it has taken so long for such debates to arrive in the UK. The programme features candid interviews with US Presidents and their advisers on the tricks of the debate trade. Blending new film and behind-the-scenes footage, some never seen before, it's a tragicomic tale of high politics and low cunning. From John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon through to Barack Obama, candidates are seen being prepared for their debates, then in the sometimes funny, sometimes disastrous results on live television. Cockerell shows why for our would-be next Prime Ministers - Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg - the three debate stages across Britain will be what one former US President calls 'Tension City'.

Title How to Win the TV Debate
Companies BBC
Countries United Kingdom
Keywords
Michael Cockerell

Michael Cockerell

Self - Presenter
Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)
Robin Day

Robin Day

Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)
Pierre Salinger

Pierre Salinger

Self (archive footage)
Harold Wilson

Harold Wilson

Self (archive footage)
Alec Douglas-Home

Alec Douglas-Home

Self (archive footage)
Edward Heath

Edward Heath

Self (archive footage)
Lady Falkender

Lady Falkender

Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

Self (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner

Self (archive footage)
James Callaghan

James Callaghan

Self (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

Self (archive footage)
Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale

Self (archive footage)
Mike Pengra

Mike Pengra

Self (archive footage)
Mark Goode

Mark Goode

Self (archive footage)
Harry Trewitt

Harry Trewitt

Self (archive footage)
John Major

John Major

Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)
Tony Blair

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)
William Hague

William Hague

Self (archive footage)
Al Gore

Al Gore

Self (archive footage)
Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)
John McCain

John McCain

Self (archive footage)
David Cameron

David Cameron

Self (archive footage)
Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

Self (archive footage)
Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg

Self (archive footage)
Andy Coulson

Andy Coulson

Self (archive footage)
David Davis

David Davis

Self (archive footage)

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