Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Directed by	Guy Jenkin
Written by	Guy Jenkin
Starring	Damian Lewis Greta Scacchi Polly Walker Ben Miller Emily Mortimer Richard Wilson Richard Griffiths Steven Pacey Geoffrey Beevers
Distributed by	Hat Trick Productions
Release date	1 December 2002 (2002-12-01) (United Kingdom)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth is a 2002 BBC satirical comedy drama on the life of Jeffrey Archer, with the title role played by Damian Lewis. Its duration was ninety minutes, and its premiere occurred on 1 December 2002. It was written and directed by Guy Jenkin.^[1]

Selected cast

Damian Lewis as Jeffrey Archer
Greta Scacchi as Margaret Thatcher
Polly Walker as Mary Archer
Ben Miller as Roland Moxley-Nemesis
Emily Mortimer as Diana, Princess of Wales
Richard Wilson as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Richard Griffiths as Willie Whitelaw
Steven Pacey as Tony Blair
Geoffrey Beevers as Denis Thatcher^[2]

References

External links

Margaret Thatcher

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)
Leader of the Conservative Party (1975–1990)
MP for Finchley (1959–1992)

Member of Parliament

Ideology

Premiership

1st ministry (1979–1983)	Budget (1979) Budget (1980) "The lady's not for turning" (1980) Budget (1981) Gang of 25 Irish hunger strike (1981) Budget (1982) Falklands War (1982) "Rejoice" Diana Gould exchange "White flags over Port Stanley" Budget (1983)
2nd ministry (1983–1987)	Budget (1984) Brighton hotel bombing (1984) GCHQ trade union ban (1984) CCSU case Miners' strike (1984–85) Budget (1985) Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) Local Government Act (1985) rate-capping rebellion Westland affair (1986) Budget (1986) Budget (1987)
3rd ministry (1987–1990)	Budget (1988) Broadcasting restrictions (1988) "Sermon on the Mound" (1988) Bruges speech (1988) Budget (1989) Community Charge (1989–90) Poll tax riots Budget (1990) Gulf War (1990) "No. No. No." (1990) Resignation Honours (1990)

Party elections

General elections

Books

The Downing Street Years (1993 autobiography)
The Path to Power (1995 memoir)
Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World (2003)

Family

Sir Denis Thatcher (husband)
- baronetcy
Sir Mark Thatcher (son)
Carol Thatcher (daughter)
Alfred Roberts (father)
"We have become a grandmother" (1989)

Cultural depictions

Film and television	Anyone for Denis? (1982 TV play) Spitting Image (1984–1996 & 2020 TV series) The New Statesman (1987–1991 TV series) Thatcher: The Final Days (1991 film) The Falklands Play (2002 play) Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002 TV film) The Alan Clark Diaries (2004 TV series) Pinochet in Suburbia (2006 docudrama) The Long Walk to Finchley (2008 film) Margaret (2009 film) The Queen (2009 TV serial) The Iron Lady (2011 film) The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011 episode) In Search of La Che (2011 film) The Crown (2020 TV series) Reagan (2023 film)
Plays	Handbagged (2010, 2013) The Audience (2013)
Statues	London Guildhall (1998) Palace of Westminster (2007) Grantham (2022)

See also

← James Callaghan
John Major →

Tony Blair

Tony Blair
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007) Leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007) MP for Sedgefield (1983–2007)
Politics	Premiership Blair ministry First, 1997–2001 Second, 2001–2005 Third, 2005–2007 Blair–Brown deal Electoral history Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair 1999 British cabinet reshuffle Bush–Blair 2003 Iraq memo 2006 cabinet reshuffle
Ideology	Blairism New Labour Third Way
General elections	1997 2001 2005
Party election	1994
Shadow Cabinet elections	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Post-premiership	Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Quartet on the Middle East Africa Progress Panel Tony Blair Faith Foundation Commission for Africa
Books	A Journey
Cultural depictions	If... (1981– comic) Spitting Image (1984–1996 TV series) Independence Day UK (1996 film) St Albion Parish News (1997–2007) "Tony Blair" (1999 song) The Big Impression (2000–2004 TV series) 2DTV (2001–2004 TV series) Alan Clark Diaries: Volume 3: The Last Diaries 1993–1999 (2002) "Shoot the Dog" (2002 song) Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) Number Ten (2002 novel) The Deal (2003 film) The Simpsons, "The Regina Monologues" (2003) Photo Op (2003 photomontage) Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004 film) The Government Inspector (2005 film) The Queen (2006 film) The Blair Years (2007) The Trial of Tony Blair (2007) TONY! The Blair Musical (2007) The Ghost (2007 novel) Red Nose Day 2007 (2007 TV) Headcases (2008 TV series) W. (2008 film) The Ghost Writer (2010 film) The Special Relationship (2010 film) The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011) The Audience (2013 play) The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016) The Journey (2016 film)
Related topics	Ugly Rumours Respect agenda Blatcherism Cool Britannia Blair Babes Tony's Cronies Iraq Inquiry People's princess Hand of history Tonibler
Family	Cherie Blair (wife) Euan Blair (son) Leo Blair (father) William Blair (brother)
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