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The Prime Ministers

�鶹�� Political Editor Nick Robinson explores how Britain's prime ministers have used their power, responded to the challenges of their time and made the job what it is today

Radio 4,16 episodes

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Series 2
William Pitt the Younger
Nick Robinson looks at how William Pitt the Younger handled the top job in politics.
15 mins
Series 2
Earl Grey
Nick Robinson looks at how Earl Grey handled the top job in British politics.
15 mins19 Apr 2011
Series 2
William Gladstone
Nick Robinson looks at how William Gladstone handled the top job in politics.
15 mins26 Apr 2011
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Herbert Asquith
Nick Robinson looks at how Asquith handled the top job in politics.
15 mins03 May 2011
Series 2
Ramsay MacDonald
Nick Robinson looks at how Ramsay MacDonald handled the top job in British politics.
15 mins10 May 2011
Series 2
Harold Macmillan
Nick Robinson looks at how Harold Macmillan handled the top job in British politics.
15 mins17 May 2011
Series 2
Harold Wilson
Nick Robinson looks at how Harold Wilson handled the top job in politics.
15 mins24 May 2011
Series 2
Edward Heath
Nick Robinson looks at how Edward Heath handled the top job in politics.
15 mins31 May 2011
Series 1
Sir Robert Walpole
Sir Robert Walpole, the first and longest-serving prime minister.
15 mins24 Feb 2009
Series 1
Lord North
Nick asks if history has been fair to Lord North, the prime minister who lost America.
15 mins03 Mar 2009
Series 1
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, who put the national interest before party interest.
15 mins10 Mar 2009
Series 1
Lord Palmerston
Lord Palmerston, whose colourful private life masked his skill at manipulating the press.
15 mins17 Mar 2009
Series 1
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, who turned his skills as a novelist to politics.
15 mins24 Mar 2009
Series 1
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, who led Britain in the First World War with a presidential approach.
15 mins31 Mar 2009
Series 1
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin led Britain between the wars and was the first premier to master radio.
15 mins07 Apr 2009
Series 1
Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee's lack of charisma did not prevent him transforming post war Britain.
15 mins14 Apr 2009