How to Win the TV Debate
How to Win the TV Debate
Watch how to win the tv debate HDToday. With Britain's first-ever political leaders' television debate imminent, award-winning reporter Michael Cockerell uncovers what it's like to take part in these contests and how leaders try to win them. He tells the inside story of why it has taken so long for such debates to arrive in the UK. The programme features candid interviews with US Presidents and their advisers on the tricks of the debate trade. Blending new film and behind-the-scenes footage, some never seen before, it's a tragicomic tale of high politics and low cunning. From John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon through to Barack Obama, candidates are seen being prepared for their debates, then in the sometimes funny, sometimes disastrous results on live television. Cockerell shows why for our would-be next Prime Ministers - Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg - the three debate stages across Britain will be what one former US President calls 'Tension City'.
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: James Giles
- Cast: Michael Cockerell, Neil Kinnock, Charles Kennedy, Michael Dobbs, Don Hewitt, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Robin Day, Nikita Khrushchev, Ted Sorensen, Ted Rogers, Bill Wilson, Pat Buchanan, Pierre Salinger, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas-Home, Edward Heath, Lady Falkender, Jimmy Carter, David Gergen, Gerald Ford,
