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How to Be Foreign Secretary

Jan 4, 1998 · 50m
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Documentary
TV Movie

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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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CAST

Michael Cockerell
Self - Narrator
Ali Alatas
Self (archive footage)
Idi Amin
Self (archive footage)
James Callaghan
Self
Peter Carrington
Self
John Coles
Self
Robin Cook
Self
Geoffrey Howe
Self

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Status
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Original language
EN
Budget
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Production
BBC
Country
GB
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