The Wilderness Years

1995 • 1 Season • Ended

Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980s and 1990s.

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Episodes

E1. Cast into the Wilderness

59 min

Out of power and riven with strife, this programme tells the inside story of the Labour Party's bitter civil war with leading players speaking with de...

E2. Comrades of War

60 min

In the early 80s Michael Foot was leader of a divided Labour Party. The 1981 deputy leadership battle between Denis Healey and Tony Benn split party l...

E3. Enter the Rose

59 min

Senior Labour politicians explore the Labour Party's long years in opposition. In 1983 after a humiliating defeat by Margaret Thatcher, Labour elected...

E4. The Pursuit of Power

60 min

Key political figures from the Labour Party tell the story of the struggle to modernise the party, culminating in the rise to power of Tony Blair and...