Brian and Maggie

The Zeitgeist Tapes

Feb 19, 202533:20Technology

This month Steve and Emma discuss Brian and Maggie - the 2 part TV drama about the interview that - according to the drama at least - led to the fall of Margaret Thatcher. We ask if long-form interviews really are dead?...

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