How to Be Foreign Secretary (1998)
Michael Cockerell talks to all of the surviving people to hold the post of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs including the current incumbent, and invites the viewer to imagine their life in the position.
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Michael Cockerell as Self - Narrator |
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Ali Alatas as Self (archive footage) |
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Idi Amin as Self (archive footage) |
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James Callaghan as Self |
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Peter Carrington as Self |
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John Coles as Self |
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Robin Cook as Self |
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Geoffrey Howe as Self |
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Douglas Hurd as Self |
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Fiona Mylchreest as Self |
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David Owen as Self |
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Robin Renwick as Self |
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Malcolm Rifkind as Self |
| Production | Alison Cahn | Producer |
| Production | Melanie Fall | Producer |
| Sound | Cliff Jones | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Sarah Zilesnick | Production Secretary |
| Editing | Phil Reynolds | Editor |
| Editing | Dimitrios Evangelou | Online Editor |
| Sound | Patrick Wood | Music |
| Art | Ian Wormleighton | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Roger Stamp | Sound |
| Production | Elly Beintema | Researcher |
| Production | Alison Sands | Researcher |
| Sound | Karl Mainzer | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Kerry Dalton | Production Manager |
| Art | John Salisbury | Graphic Designer |
| Camera | Jerry Pass | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Anne Tyerman | Editor |