By 1945, World War II had bankrupted Britain. Yet Attlee and his colleagues were not deterred. They took a huge gamble and pressed on with one of the most far-reaching reform programmes in British history.
At the heart of this remarkable story was a man caught between socialism, patriotism and Cabinet colleagues who craved his job. Labour's unlikely leader, terse, uncharismatic, but very effective - the improbable Mr. Attlee.
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DAVID REYNOLDS Interview
"Attlee used the contrast with Churchill"
