Coogan, who stars as Brian Walden, is the executive producer on the show and originally approached Channel 4 with the idea.

It’s 1989 and Brian Walden (Steve Coogan) is Britain’s pre-eminent political interviewer. His next interview is with the ...

Brian Walden was a Labour MP who represented the Birmingham constituency of All Saints for a decade from 1964. After the seat was abolished, he became the MP for Birmingham Ladywood.

Brian Walden’s rise to prominence was unusual. Born in West Bromwich in 1932, he served as the Labour MP for Birmingham ...

Margaret Thatcher rarely flinched in the face of scrutiny. But one interview, aired on 29 October 1989, proved to be a turning point in her premiership. Conducted by Brian Walden, the former MP ...

Brian and Maggie: Steve Coogan reveals the one thing he admires about Margaret Thatcher Dubbed the interview that destroyed the Iron Lady's career, Labour MP turned journalist Brian Walden's ...

And he’s at it again in Brian and Maggie, where he plays broadcaster Brian Walden, who presented a long-form political ...

Speaking of the two-part drama, Channel 4 said: “When two old friends, the 'much feared inquisitor', Brian Walden (Steve Coogan), and 'Iron Lady' Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (Harriet ...

Deadline first revealed the two-part series in June and it will chronicle Thatcher's last TV interview, the hugely damaging ITV grilling by her old friend Brian Walden, played by Steve Coogan ...

Walden, meanwhile, moved from The Walden Show to a new ITV show called Walden, and continued his career in journalism. He ...