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The launching of Margaret Thatcher's book The Downing Street Years was an ideal opportunity for filmmaker Nick Broomfield and his crew to accompany her and try to break through the public persona of the 'Iron Lady' in order to discover the real person.
Hearing nothing back from her press officer, Julian Seymour, Nick Broomfield embarked on a determined cat-and-mouse game with the protectors of her image. So began a journey of near misses and hilarious encounters with Mrs Thatcher, her entourage and her son Mark.
25 years since Charles Manson and his "family" tortured and murdered Sharon Tate, the film star wife of Roman Polanski, and eight others in a vicious and senseless crime that added fuel to the establishment's fear of long-haired, drug-taking hippies and, some suggest, ended the peace and love era.
Christopher Hitchens investigates whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image. He probes her campaigns against contraception and abortion and her questionable relationships with right-wing political leaders.
On 21st July, 1969 man set foot on the moon. This programme is a definitive account of what it was actually like on that day, using unseen amateur foot- age taken inside the launch pad and spectacular NASA footage of the landing and Neil Armstron's first historic step.
