Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

6.8

84 minutes

6/12/2008

Overview

A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing her early relationship and marriage to oil millionaire Denis Thatcher.

Cast List

Andrea Riseborough
as Margaret Thatcher
Samuel West
as Ted Heath
Rory Kinnear
as Denis Thatcher
Geoffrey Palmer
as Sir John Crowder
Oliver Ford Davies
as Sir Donald Kaberry
Philip Jackson
as Alfred Roberts
Michael Cochrane
as Sir Waldron Smithers
Jonathan Aris
as Stanley Soward
Michael Gould
as John Miller
Lydia Leonard
as Joyce
Marcia Warren
as Old Dear
Sylvestra Le Touzel
as Patricia Hornsby-Smith
Christian Rodska
as Lieutenant Colonel Digby
Robert Whitelock
as Bert
Geoffrey McGivern
as Dartford Returning Officer
James Laurenson
as Leslie Thomas
Claire Vousden
as Nanny
Rob Edwards
as Hemel Member
Geoffrey Whitehead
as Entwistle
Kim Wall
as Lichfield
Angela Sims
as Beckenham Constituent
Michael Selwood
as School Teacher
Julia Joyce
as Carol Thatcher
Georgie Glen
as Miss Harris
Jeremy Child
as Langton
Geoffrey Beevers
as Head Panelist
Elizabeth Bennett
as Doreen
Aaron King
as MP
Linda-Jean Barry
as Constituent
Greg Bennett
as Tory