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Last broadcast on Wed, 1 Sep 2010, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

The second volume of Chris Mullin's diaries reflect irreverently and humourously on New Labour's last term in office. Today, it is 2006 and Mullin looks back on Tony Blair's premiership, and the events leading up to Labour's Black Wednesday.

Chris Mullin is the former MP for Sunderland South, a journalist and author. His books include the first volume of his acclaimed diaries, "A View From the Foothills." He also wrote the thriller, "A Very British Coup", with the television version winning BAFTA and Emmy awards. He was a minister in three departments, Environment, Transport and Regions, International Development and The Foreign Office.

The reader is Sam Dale.
The abridger is Penny Leicester.
The producer is Elizabeth Allard.

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  1. Tue 31 Aug 2010
    09:45
  2. Wed 1 Sep 2010
    00:30

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