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How to Be Foreign Secretary (1998)
TV Special | 50 min | Documentary

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How to Be Foreign Secretary (1998)

TV Special | 50 min | Documentary

Michael Cockerell talks to all of the surviving people to hold the post of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs including the current incumbent, and invites the viewer to imagine their life in the position.

Producer

Alison Cahn

Composer

Patrick Wood

Editor

Anne Tyerman

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Jan 4, 1998 (United Kingdom)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Cockerell Self - Reporter (voice) Self - Reporter (voice) See fewer	AR - Auslandsreporter (1980)
Ali Alatas Self - Indonesian Foreign Minister (archive footage) Self - Indonesian Foreign Minister (archive footage) See fewer	Bitter Paradise: The Sell-out of East Timor (1996)
Idi Amin Self - President of Uganda (archive footage) (as General Idi Amin) Self - President of Uganda (archive footage) (as General Idi Amin) See fewer	General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974)
James Callaghan Self - Labour Foreign Secretary, 1974-1976 Self - Labour Foreign Secretary, 1974-1976 See fewer	Battle of the Bogside (2004)
Peter Carrington Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1979-1982 (as Lord Carrington) Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1979-1982 (as Lord Carrington) See fewer	Thatcher: The Downing Street Years (1993)
John Coles Self - Permanent Secretary, 1994-1997 (as Sir John Coles) Self - Permanent Secretary, 1994-1997 (as Sir John Coles) See fewer	The Great Offices of State (2010)
Robin Cook Self - Foreign Secretary Self - Foreign Secretary See fewer	The London Programme (1975)
Geoffrey Howe Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1983-1989 (as Sir Geoffrey Howe) Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1983-1989 (as Sir Geoffrey Howe) See fewer	The Great Offices of State (2010)
Douglas Hurd Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1989-1995 Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1989-1995 See fewer	Scotch on the Rocks (1973)
Fiona Mylchreest Self - Private Office Self - Private Office See fewer	How to Be Foreign Secretary (1998)
David Owen Self - Labour Foreign Secretary, 1977-1979 Self - Labour Foreign Secretary, 1977-1979 See fewer	The Groovy Fellers (1989)
Robin Renwick Self - Foreign Office, 1963-1995 (as Lord Renwick) Self - Foreign Office, 1963-1995 (as Lord Renwick) See fewer	The Great Offices of State (2010)
Malcolm Rifkind Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1995-1997 Self - Conservative Foreign Secretary, 1995-1997 See fewer	This Week (1956)