A Very British Coup

Episode 3
First Broadcast: Sat 13 October 2007

Financial crises, sex scandals and industrial unrest. In the final part of A Very British Coup, the storm clouds continue to gather around Harry Perkins.

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      A Very British Coup opens with the election of Perkins, an ex-steelworker from Sheffield, who becomes prime minister in…

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