Thatcher: The Final Days
DVD cover
Written by	Richard Maher
Directed by	Tim Sullivan
Starring	Sylvia Syms John Wood Paul Daneman Trevor Bowen
Composer	John Du Prez
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Ray Fitzwalter
Producer	Michael Cox
Cinematography	David Odd
Editor	Kim Horton
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	11 September 1991 (1991-09-11)

Thatcher: The Final Days is a 1991 British television film about the events surrounding the final few days of Margaret Thatcher's time as Prime Minister. The film was written by Richard Maher, directed by Tim Sullivan and starred Sylvia Syms in the role of Thatcher. The film was produced for ITV by Granada Television and first shown on ITV on Wednesday 11 September 1991 at 9:00pm.

The film was released on DVD in 2007.^[1]

Cast

References

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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 →

John Major

John Major
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1990–1997) Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1987-1989) Foreign Secretary (1989) Chancellor of the Exchequer (1989–1990)
Politics	Premiership of John Major First ministry (1990–1992) Second ministry (1992–1997) Shadow Cabinet One-nation conservatism Huntingdon
National	Citizen's Charter Charter Mark Cones Hotline Early 1990s recession Black Wednesday National Lottery Further and Higher Education Act 1992 Grant-maintained schools Maastricht Rebels 1993 Newbury by-election Northern Ireland peace process Downing Street mortar attack Downing Street Declaration 1993 reviews of the British honours system Council Tax Child Support Agency 1993 vote of confidence Back to Basics Privatisation of British Rail Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1995 Conservative Party leadership election Cullen Report (Dunblane massacre) Cash for Questions Committee on Standards in Public Life Arms-to-Iraq affair Scott Report United Kingdom BSE outbreak Wirral South by-election Resignation Honours
International	Gulf War Iraqi no-fly zones Sanctions against Iraq Harare Declaration Maastricht Treaty Bosnian War Operation Gabriel
General elections	1992 1997
European Parliament Election	1994
Party elections	1990 1995
Books	John Major: The Autobiography (1999) More Than a Game: The Story of Cricket's Early Years (2007) My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall (2012)
Family	Norma Major (wife) Terry Major-Ball (brother) Tom Major-Ball (father)
Cultural depictions	Thatcher: The Final Days (TV, 1991) Independence Day UK (Radio, 1996) Margaret (TV, 2009) The Iron Lady (Film, 2011) The Audience (Play, 2013)
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