JOHN EDGINTON DOCUMENTARIES | FACE THE KIDS 1: Politicians v child inquisitors.Channel 4 UK's "Breakthrough Election TV show".1987 @JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
#ukelection #election2024 #thatcher
In the 1987 UK election, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Labour leader Neale Kinnock & various British politicians were interviewed by children reporters - including two from "Children's Express", a US kids newspaper.
After the interviews, the shrewd young journalists dissected the politicians performance !
UK's Channel Four TV commissioned producer John Edginton to make this election series with a difference. The series is recognised as '"ground-breaking kids TV " by historian Dr Lucy Robinson in "Now That's What I Call A History of the 1980s ". Manchester University Press. 2023.
#ukelection #election2024 #thatcher
In the 1987 UK election, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Labour leader Neale Kinnock & various British politicians were interviewed by children reporters - including two from "Children's Express", a US kids newspaper.
After the interviews, the shrewd young journalists dissected the politicians performance !
UK's Channel Four TV commissioned producer John Edginton to make this election series with a difference. The series is recognised as '"ground-breaking kids TV " by historian Dr Lucy Robinson in "Now That's What I Call A History of the 1980s ". Manchester University Press. 2023.
