Leading Labour
This unique series brings to life the stories of each of the postwar Labour Party leaders - hosted by Izzy Conn from the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. This is the inside story of how the leaders responded to the huge issues of their day, managed the ever-present tension between the left and right of the party, and how they worked to win elections.
Episodes
Clement Attlee was the leader of the Labour Party for 20 years from 1935.
After serving as Deputy Prime Minister through the Second World War, he brought Labour into power on a landslide, and changed Britain forever by establishing the Welfare State and, with it, the National Health Service.
With amazing guests: John Bew, Richard Toye, Paul Dimoldenberg, Christopher Massey, Andrew Seaton, Stephen Wall, Charlotte Lydia Riley and Edm...
Hugh Gaitskell was the leader of the Labour Party from December 1955 until January 1963.
He was the original 'moderniser' and believed that Labour could only win by pursuing the middle ground.
He's a less well remembered leader, but he played a huge part in the fierce infighting seen in the Labour Party in the 50s, between his 'Gaitskellites' and Aneurin Bevan's 'Bevanites.'
With amazing guests: David Owen, Briain Brivati, Scott K...
Harold Wilson was leader of the Labour Party from 1963-1976 and led Labour to 4 general election victories, through some of the most turbulent political times Britain had seen in the post-war era.
He changed the party and the country - but his legacy is mixed. He has come under fire from those who have argued he lacked principles, whilst o...
James Callaghan led the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980 and is still the only person ever to have held all four Great Offices of State: Prime Minister, Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary.
Labour figures today rarely cite Callaghan as an inspiration. He led the party to catastrophic defeat in the 1979 election, losing to Margaret Thatcher, and beginning 18 years ...
Michael Foot became Labour Party leader in 1983.
A leading figure from the Bevanite left, during his leadership he contended with divison on both the left of Labour, led by Tony Benn, and the right, from the formation of the SDP.
Under his leadership, Labour adopted many left wing policies, all of which were put into the 1983 manifesto - nickname...
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