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Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925-2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2013

Sphere of activity

Prime Minister 1979 - 1990.

Other information

Conservative MP, 1959-92; Secretary of State for Education and Science, 1970-4; Leader of the Opposition, 1975-9.

Found in 191 Collections and/or Records:

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10 Downing St: interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, 1986-07-07

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/72
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings of television interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings of news bulletins featuring NK and Labour; recordings of speeches from Conference; party political broadcasts and election broadcasts; political documentaries; recordings of Prime Minister’s Questions, from the House of Commons.

Dates: 1986-07-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available
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1983 Pilot Episode Artwork, 1982 - 1983

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/1/1
Scope and Contents

A visifile containing a bundle of working drawings for the unaired 1983 Spitting Image pilot episode. This bundle includes drawings for: hand puppets, puppets, and sets (SI/602 to 652, and SI/663).

Dates: 1982 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Albums and Singles Vinyl Sleeve Covers, 1984 - 1990

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/1
Scope and Contents A file holding photographic material that relates to some of the music singles and albums that Spitting Image Productions Limited released, between 1984 and 1990. All images appear to be puppet illustrations for use as artwork for vinyl covers and posters.There is a plastic sleeve with transparencies connected to the 1984 single, Da Do Run Ron (SI/496). This sleeve holds eight 63mm transparencies, six of which are mounted as slides. There is also two 35mm...
Dates: 1984 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Alice's Adventures in Euroland 1992, 1989

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/5
Scope and Contents A treatment [a written summary for a television show idea] for a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited/BBC Arena series or single episode production, Alice's Adventures in Euroland 1992 (SI/2102). This production would have been 'an unholy recreation of Lewis Carroll's classic,' providing a satirical view on 'England and its new European destiny.' The treatment contains artwork, including a representation of Margaret Thatcher as The...
Dates: 1989
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Sub-Series

Answerphone Tapes, 1988

 Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/2/3
Scope and Contents Spitting Image answerphone audio cassette tapes and/or cases, accompanied by case inserts relating to these tapes, made by The Comic Answer Company Limited/K-Tel International (SI/488). These 'answerbacks' tapes feature impressions of celebrity and political figures from Spitting Image voice actors: Chris Barrie, Steve Nallon and Nigel Plaskitt. The front covers of the inserts have images of Spitting Image...
Dates: 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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BBC, Favourite Things: Margaret Thatcher, 1987-06-07

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/112
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings of television interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings of news bulletins featuring NK and Labour; recordings of speeches from Conference; party political broadcasts and election broadcasts; political documentaries; recordings of Prime Minister’s Questions, from the House of Commons.

Dates: 1987-06-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available
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BBC, Panorama: Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, 1989-11-27

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/154
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings of television interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings of news bulletins featuring NK and Labour; recordings of speeches from Conference; party political broadcasts and election broadcasts; political documentaries; recordings of Prime Minister’s Questions, from the House of Commons.

Dates: 1989-11-27
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available
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BBC Panorama: "The Prime Minister" , 1984-04-09

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/18
Scope and Contents

Report on Margaret Thatcher.

Dates: 1984-04-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available
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BBC Radio 2 Jimmy Young programme interview with Margaret Thatcher and BBC Radio 4 Analysis programme, "A Market for Security" , 1990-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/148
Scope and Contents

Includes: part of Jimmy Young's Interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on subjects including: European political and monetary union; European free trade; the reunification of Germany; the Poll Tax; Labour's success in the polls.

Also includes BBC Radio 4 Analysis programme, "A Market for Security" on NATO and European defence issues.

Dates: 1990-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC Radio 4, World This Weekend: interview with Margaret Thatcher [Prime Minister], 1987-10-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/52
Scope and Contents

Interview on Thatcher's policy on sanctions against South Africa.

Dates: 1987-10-18
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC Scotland, "The Thatcher Interview", 1990-03-09

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/167
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings of television interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings of news bulletins featuring NK and Labour; recordings of speeches from Conference; party political broadcasts and election broadcasts; political documentaries; recordings of Prime Minister’s Questions, from the House of Commons.

Dates: 1990-03-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available
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BBC Television: Odd Man Out, 1995-08

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/5/30
Scope and Contents

Transcript of an interview with Baroness Thatcher used in the television documentary about JEP, on her memories of him, on subjects including: his work in the Conservative Research Department; money supply; the "Rivers of Blood" speech; his view of Europe; the 1970 and 1974 General Elections; what Thatcherism owed to him; the Falklands War.

Dates: 1995-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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BBC World Service, People in Politics and BBC Radio 4, Newsnight: interviews with NK, 1989-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/95
Scope and Contents

Subjects (in the People in Politics interview) include: NK's view of Margaret Thatcher; socialism and the free market; the future of Europe; nuclear disarmament.

Subjects in the Newsnight interview include: NK's view of Margaret Thatcher's legacy and character; the failure of the opposition parties; the view of Thatcher within the Conservative Party.

Dates: 1989-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Belgrano Controversy, 1982-04-10 - 1987-03-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRG 2/9
Scope and Contents Papers on the political controversy surrounding the sinking of the "General Belgrano", mostly relating to the publication of the 'minority report' on the events of 1-2 May 1982 [The Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 1984-85 (HC 11)] compiled by Spearing and three other Labour members of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. Including a poem 'written on the Thames at Hampton' on the Falklands War entitled 'Poem at Easter 1982', with covering note to Austen...
Dates: 1982-04-10 - 1987-03-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Book and Exhibition Launch File, 2005

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/6/2/2
Scope and Contents A file containing two examples of a leaflet, which holds invitations for a dual event in connection to the Roger Law autobiography, Still Spitting at Sixty, held on 7 April 2005, at the Guardian's Newsroom Gallery. One event is sponsored by the book publisher, HarperCollins, and invites the recipient to attend the launch of the book. The other event is a private viewing of the exhibition accompanying the launch of the autobiography, and...
Dates: 2005
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Sub-Sub-Series

Book and Promotional Material, 1993

 Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/2
Scope and Contents

A paperback copy of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs, along with various related promotional material.

Dates: 1993
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Item

Book Stand, 1993

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/2/3
Scope and Contents

A large, life-sized promotional book stand for the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Thatcha! The Read Maggie Memoirs. The stand features the 'Maggalyn' puppet illustration, which depicts Margaret Thatcher in a spoof of Marilyn Monroe in a white dress; photographic image taken by Steve Bendelack (SI/263 (a)). The image on the stand is accompanied by text, relating to the sale of the book, including a red block of text censoring Thatcher's groin.

Dates: 1993
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Books, 2005 - 2018

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/5/4
Scope and Contents A file containing the following: 1. A dust jacket for the Margaret Thatcher biography, Maggie: Her Fatal Legacy, written by John Sergeant. There are multiple photographs of Sergeant, on the front, spine and back of the jacket, holding a Thatcher dog chew toy, which was designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited and manufactured by Armitage Brothers.2. A paperback copy of the publication, The Illustration Idea Book,...
Dates: Publication: 2005 - 2018
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Series

Briefing notes produced by Hoskyns and his team, mainly for Margaret Thatcher MP during her period as Leader of the Opposition Conservative Party, 1974-06 - 1979-05

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOSK 1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Briefing notes produced by Hoskyns and his team, mainly for Margaret Thatcher MP

Dates: 1974-06 - 1979-05
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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British General Election Mug Set, 1983

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/7/2/1
Scope and Contents A set of two mugs modelled by Luck & Flaw, produced as memorabilia for the 1983 British General Election. Each mug has been modelled to resemble the head and face of a particular politician: one is of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the other of Labour Party leader Michael Foot. They both have a white, glossy finish, and 'Luck & Flaw [copyright symbol] 1983' is stamped on the underside of each of their bases.These items were probably made by either Gill Wing...
Dates: 1983
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Sub-Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Broadcast, 1984, 1990 - 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/2/1
Scope and Contents Items relating to the British weekly/monthly media industry magazine, Broadcast. The following are present:1. Two front cover tearsheets for the 27 April 1984 issue, which both contain images of the Spitting Image puppets for President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. However, the image for each cover is different (SI/509 (b) and (c)).2. The 5 October 1990 issue, which includes a short...
Dates: Publication: 1984; Publication: 1990 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Bruges and after, 1988-06 - 1990-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 7/16
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on the speech by Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, in Bruges [Belgium], on Britain and Europe, 20 September 1988, and also material from the Bruges Group (the Campaign for a Europe of Sovereign States), including: text of Thatcher's speech; press cuttings; extracts from Hansard; text of speech by Nicholas Ridley, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to the Bruges Group (June 1990); article by Thatcher on the European Family of Nations, for the New European...
Dates: 1988-06 - 1990-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Calendar, 1987

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/3
Scope and Contents

A 1988 Spitting Image calendar. The item features plasticine model illustrations by Spitting Image Productions Limited on the cover and for each month (SI/31, 107 to 17; and L+F/107), with further artwork designed by the company, Shape of Things. The calendar was printed by Danilo Publishing Limited.

Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Calendar, 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/6
Scope and Contents A folder containing 17 plastic sleeves of photographic material, relating to a Spitting Image calendar for 1988 (SI/31 and 109-117). The sleeves primarily hold 63mm colour transparencies. However, there are also a few negatives, and a colour photograph. The images have illustrations that feature plasticine models and/or puppets of various celebrities and politicians from the period.John Lawrence Jones appears to have been the primary photographer for this...
Dates: 1987
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
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Cambridge University Association For Freedom Newsletters, 1977-10-15 - 1978-05-08

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Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/19/SmithDC/1
Scope and Contents

Newsletters produced by the Association while Neil-Smith was Chair. Newsletters 7 and 8 are missing. Also includes a photocopy of a letter from Margaret Thatcher to the Association in December 1977 talking about the concept of freedom.

Dates: 1977-10-15 - 1978-05-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is currently being catalogued. For access please contact the Archivist in the first instance.