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The Prime Ministers episodes available now on BBC iPlayer

(1 - 16 of 16 programmes)

  1. Series 2 Edward Heath

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    Available since Tue, 7 Jun 2011.

    8/8. Nick Robinson looks at how Edward Heath handled the top job in politics.

  2. Series 2 Harold Wilson

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    Available since Tue, 31 May 2011.

    7/8. Nick Robinson looks at how Harold Wilson handled the top job in politics.

  3. Series 2 Harold Macmillan

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    Available since Tue, 24 May 2011.

    6/8. Nick Robinson looks at how Harold Macmillan handled the top job in British politics.

  4. Series 2 Ramsay MacDonald

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    Available since Tue, 17 May 2011.

    5/8. Nick Robinson looks at how Ramsay MacDonald handled the top job in British politics.

  5. Series 2 Herbert Asquith

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    Available since Tue, 10 May 2011.

    4/8. Nick Robinson looks at how Asquith handled the top job in politics.

  6. Series 2 William Gladstone

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    Available since Tue, 3 May 2011.

    3/8. Nick Robinson looks at how William Gladstone handled the top job in politics.

  7. Series 2 Earl Grey

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    Available since Tue, 26 Apr 2011.

    2/8. Nick Robinson looks at how Earl Grey handled the top job in British politics.

  8. Series 2 William Pitt the Younger

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    Available since Tue, 19 Apr 2011.

    1/8. Nick Robinson looks at how William Pitt the Younger handled the top job in politics.

  9. Series 1 Clement Attlee

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    Available since Thu, 16 Apr 2009.

    8/8. Clement Attlee's lack of charisma did not prevent him transforming post war Britain.

  10. Series 1 Stanley Baldwin

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    Available since Tue, 7 Apr 2009.

    7/8. Stanley Baldwin led Britain between the wars and was the first premier to master radio.

  11. Series 1 David Lloyd George

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    Available since Tue, 31 Mar 2009.

    6/8. David Lloyd George, who led Britain in the First World War with a presidential approach.

  12. Series 1 Benjamin Disraeli

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    Available since Tue, 24 Mar 2009.

    5/8. Benjamin Disraeli, who turned his skills as a novelist to politics.

  13. Series 1 Lord Palmerston

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    Available since Tue, 17 Mar 2009.

    4/8. Lord Palmerston, whose colourful private life masked his skill at manipulating the press.

  14. Series 1 Sir Robert Peel

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    Available since Tue, 10 Mar 2009.

    3/8. Sir Robert Peel, who put the national interest before party interest.

  15. Series 1 Lord North

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    Available since Tue, 3 Mar 2009.

    2/8. Nick asks if history has been fair to Lord North, the prime minister who lost America.

  16. Series 1 Sir Robert Walpole

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    Available since Tue, 24 Feb 2009.

    1/8. Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest-serving prime minister.

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