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A pet's eye view of the trials and tribulations of high office. Written by Tony Bagley.

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Clive Swift

Marc Beeby

Tony Bagley

Political Animals: Series 1: Episode 1: Wilberforce

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Episode 1: Wilberforce

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Wilberforce

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The chief mouser to the Cabinet Office, 1973-1987, reflects on life with Margaret Thatcher

Chief mouser to the Cabinet Office gives a cat's eye view of life at Number 10 under Mrs. Thatcher. With Clive Swift. From 2012.

Wilberforce, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office 1973-1987, reflects on his life with Margaret Thatcher.

Starring Clive Swift.  

The first in a series of four scurrilous talks given by well-known, if unreliable, Downing Street cats.

Tony Bagley assists each feline to relate their trials and tribulations under four different Prime Ministers. 

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2012.

Political Animals: Series 1

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By Tony Bagley. Four Downing Street cats relate their experiences at Number 10

By Tony Bagley. Series of four monologues by well-known Downing Street cats, relating their trials and tribulations under four different prime ministers

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