It’s November 1990 and Britain’s longest serving Prime Minster for more than 150 years is about to announce her resignation after almost 11 years in office. She has just been forced to face another ballot for the position of Conservative leader (illustrated here by an amusing bit of footage featuring John Sergeant) and her party ally Geoffrey Howe has just stepped down due to her European policy. 　　And so marks the political downfall of Maggie Thatcher, played by multi-BAFTA nominated actress Lindsay Duncan who starred as Servilia in the HBO/BBC series Rome, the subject of this TV film entitled Margaret which tells the story a woman who simply couldn’t keep up the fight after her time as British Prime Minister. 　　Thatcher – A Hate Figure or Political Revolutionary? 　　The name Margaret Thatcher drums up many images and polarised opinions. She is someone who was famous for her tough-talking persona (earning her the nickname the ‘Iron Lady’), her staunch approach to the trade unions, the introduction of the poll tax (and successive riots) and the 1982 Falklands War, all of which made her a hate figure amongst the politically active left-wing but viewed as a strong leader by her supporters. 　　This film is an intimate portrayal of a woman on the brink of ruin; a human story about Maggie behind the public persona as she loses her grip on the power she had strived to achieve. In her last days the Cabinet tell her that she must go before she is "humiliated" and she is being challenged by her long time rival Michael Heseltine. 　　The story is also complemented by flashes to 15 years previously showing Maggie challenging the then Conservative leader Ted Heath and how she rose through the ranks of the Tory party. 　　“A drama not a documentary” – says Margaret Writer Richard Cottan 　　It’s not the first time Thatcher has been documented on screen either through real-life footage or in fictional accounts but it’s one that is bound to confront your perception on the person it portrays. The toughest task however must be trying to make even the most hardened anti-Thatcherite feel any sympathy for her. 　　Screenwriter Richard Cottan said: “What I was trying to do was to take the downfall as the narrative spine of a more personal story. When writing the script the biggest challenge was deciding what to leave out. I'm sure there will be much debate about the blurring between fact and fiction but I consider this to be a drama not a documentary.” 　　An Impressive Supporting Cast for Margaret 　　The producers have managed to attract an exciting array of veteran actors to portray her closest allies and advisors including Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars films) as Thatcher's husband Denis, Robert Hardy (All Creatures Great And Small) as her trusted second-in-command Willie Whitelaw, Philip Jackson (Poirot) as no-nonsense press secretary Bernard Ingham and Kevin McNally (Pirates Of The Caribbean and recently ITV’s Demons) as Kenneth Clarke. 　　The supporting cast also lists John Sessions as Geoffrey Howe, Michael Maloney (Notes On A Scandal) taking the role as Thatcher's successor John Major, Roy Marsden (The Palace) as Norman Tebbit, Casualty’s Nigel Le Vaillant as former Conservative Prime Minster Ted Heath and an appearance by the Queen played by Rosemary Leach. 　　Whether or not the content of Margaret and the human side of Thatcher will appeal to most people the prospect of seeing such an impressive display of talent on one screen is too tempting to miss. 　　Regardless of your personal opinions on the Thatcher government and despite being vilified by numerous comedians (namely Ben Elton) and countless rock bands over the decades she still remains as one of the most important political figures in British history and the reason why she is still the topic of TV shows almost 20 years later.

A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990 and Margaret Thatcher's support within the government is wavering - her hold on the premiership hangs in the balance. Then, long-serving politician Sir Geoffrey Howe resigns over Thatcher's attitude to Europe. His resignation speech sparks a chain of events that leads to the overthrow of Britain's first woman prime minister. This modern dramatic tragedy illustrates the strengths and fatal flaws of this iconic woman more clearly than ever before and reveals how the very aspects of her character that helped her secure power are the ones that ensured her downfall. Drama starring Lindsay Duncan.

Marking 40 years since Britain’s first female prime minister rocketed to power in 1979, the BBC presents the defining story of Margaret Thatcher and of the era when she dominated the political and social landscape. 　　How did the small town girl from Grantham, a woman who said she would not see a female Prime Minister in her own lifetime, rip us out of the post-war consensus, and the chaos of the 1970s, and hurl us towards the opportunities, individualism, wealth, inequalities, global standing and dilemmas of the present day? And how has the public memory of her life and career led to a situation where she repeatedly tops opinion polls when ordinary British people are asked to name both our worst, and our greatest, post-war leader? 　　Through the prism of one woman’s rise and fall, this series charts the seismic social history of modern Britain. Vivid archive footage from the time - ranging from the violent and visceral to the intimate and unseen - will allow us both a deeply personal glimpse of this remarkable politician, and transport us to the heart of some of the most important formative events in Britain’s recent past. 　　We will hear from those closest to her (politicians, friends, adversaries, some of the defining faces of the time) and from the citizens from every corner of Britain whose lives would be altered forever by the powerful shifts she brought about. Together their evocative, personal and revealing firsthand testimony will combine to build a multi-layered perspective, both of Thatcher herself and of a nation undergoing epoch defining social and cultural change.

一个作家在一个乡村酒店休息痴迷于一个陌生女人在同一家酒店。该女子似乎看到他挑衅的方式，但他也不敢接近她。有一天，他跟随她到她的房间，听陌生的“情色”，从里面的声音，并开始有色情的想法。

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill

继续喜剧人Midge和身边人们的故事。在20世纪50年代，25岁的纽约客米琪·麦瑟尔是个精明、阳光、充满活力、可爱的犹太女子，她曾经对自己的生活作出如下：…

Amazon未播先续订《了不起的麦瑟尔女士 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel》第二季。

故事设定在20世纪50年代的美国，米琪（蕾切尔·布罗斯纳罕饰）和丈夫乔伊（迈克尔·泽根饰）结婚多年，二人共同养育着孩子，日子过得幸福美满。乔伊一直怀揣着成为脱口秀演员的梦想，每个周末他都会去俱乐部登台表演，但他的脱口秀事业始终不温不火。 有一天，乔伊在表演再次失败后情绪崩溃，他向米琪坦白自己有了外遇，然后立刻收拾行李离开了家。一夜之间，米琪成了被丈夫抛弃的女人。在悲伤与绝望中，米琪登上舞台，借着酒劲进行了一番精彩的演说，引得台下观众哄堂大笑。俱乐部女招待苏西（艾利克斯·布诺斯汀饰）发现米琪天赋过人，决定成为她的经纪人。

在20世纪50年代的美国，25岁的纽约客米琪·麦瑟尔 （ 蕾切尔·布罗斯纳安 饰）是个精明、阳光、充满活力、可爱的犹太女子，她曾经对自己的生活作出如下：上大学、结婚、生两三个孩子，然后在优雅的曼哈顿公寓中提供赎罪日晚餐。然而某天她的丈夫 （ 迈克尔·泽根 饰）突然离开了她，毫无预警的她需要尽快想出她的新出路。对其他人来说，由家庭主妇变成上单口秀，显然是个惊人的选择，但对米琪而言却并非如此 。

巡演生活既令人心向往之也让人自惭形秽，米琪和苏西还学到了她们在演艺界里终生难忘的一课；乔尔在支持米琪和追逐梦想的同时苦苦挣扎；亚伯欣然接受新使命，而罗丝也逐渐意识到自己的天分。