04/05/1979
Comprehensive coverage of the latest news from around the world, including Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister in Britain, entering 10 Downing Street. (1979)
Comprehensive coverage of the latest news from around the world, including the aftermath of the 1979 general election.Coverage of Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister in Britain, entering 10 Downing Street. Amid cheers and jeers from the assembled crowd, Thatcher famously quotes St Francis of Assisi and recalls Airey Neave with the words 'there is work to be done'. (1979)
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Thatcher Arrives at Downing Street
Duration: 06:01
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Mrs Thatcher arrives at 10 Downing Street
Duration: 02:39
Did You Know?
Airey Neave was murdered by a car bomb the day after the general election was announced. In an address at Neave's memorial service one week later, Margaret Thatcher stated that if he had lived he would have been a member of the cabinet and stressed his words 'there is work to do', promising never to grow weary 'until that work is done'.
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- Fri 4 May 1979 21:00
Margaret Thatcher: From MP to PM Collection
Clips from this programme are part of the Margaret Thatcher: From MP to PM Collection
