Overview

Last December's "Cheriegate" affair did little to abate the rampant public cynicism reserved for politicians - a mistrust evidenced in the turnout at the 2001 general election, which was the lowest for more than 80 years. In this documentary, Michael Cockerell talks to figures including Edwina Currie, Max Clifford, Geoffrey Robinson and Neil Hamilton in an effort to see if spin, sleaze and ministerial failure is to blame, or whether the media's sneering political coverage is most at fault.

Genres

Cast

Michael Cockerell

Self - Narrator

Peter Bazalgette

Self

Tony Benn

Self

Cherie Blair

Self (archive footage)

Tony Blair

Self (archive footage)

Ken Clarke

Self

Edwina Currie

Self

Bernie Ecclestone

Self (archive footage)

Neil Hamilton

Self

Max Hastings

Self

Michael Heseltine

Self

John Humphrys

Self