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How to Win the TV Debate

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With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take part in these contests and how leaders try to win them. He tells the inside story of why it has taken so long for such debates to arrive in the UK. The programme features candid interviews with US Presidents and their advisers on the tricks of the debate trade. Blending new film and behind-the-scenes footage, some never seen before, it's a tragicomic tale of high politics and low cunning. From John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon through to Barack Obama, candidates are seen being prepared for their debates, then in the sometimes funny, sometimes disastrous results on live television. Cockerell shows why for our would-be next Prime Ministers - Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg - the three debate stages across Britain will be what one former US President calls 'Tension City'.

Featured Crew

Rod Hutson
Online Editor
Michael Cockerell
Producer
George Pinnock
Sound Mixer
Valerie Hetherington
Researcher
Neil Higginson
Camera Operator
Julia Quin
Production Coordinator
Sophie Cash
Production Manager
Jane Taylor
Production Executive

Cast

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Michael Cockerell
Self - Presenter
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Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
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John F. Kennedy
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Robin Day
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Pierre Salinger
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Harold Wilson
Self (archive footage)
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Alec Douglas-Home
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Edward Heath
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Lady Falkender
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Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
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Gerald Ford
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Harry Reasoner
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James Callaghan
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Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
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Ronald Reagan
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Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
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Walter Mondale
Self (archive footage)
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Mike Pengra
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Mark Goode
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Harry Trewitt
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John Major
Self (archive footage)
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Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
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George H. W. Bush
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Tony Blair
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William Hague
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Al Gore
Self (archive footage)
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Barack Obama
Self (archive footage)
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John McCain
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David Cameron
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Gordon Brown
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Nick Clegg
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Andy Coulson
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David Davis
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