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Election 97

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relive the historic 1997 general election that swept Tony Blair and New Labour into power. Highlights include Peter Snow's computer-generated battleground, Jeremy Paxman's interviews with the likes of Michael Portillo and Michael Heseltine and the contests between David Mellor and Sir James Goldsmith, and Neil Hamilton and Martin Bell. With David Dimbleby

Source: Radio Times

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