The Clintons: Heck, Don't Vote For Him

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Fenella Woolgar

Corey Johnson

Kerry Shale

Laurel Lefkow

Jason Barnett

Tom Forrister

Clare Perkins

Jonquil Panting

Jonathan Myerson

Drama on 4: The Clintons: Heck, Don't Vote For Him

The Clintons

Heck, Don't Vote For Him

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, The Clintons, Heck, Don't Vote For Him

Entertaining new drama imagining key moments in the Clintons’ enduring partnership.

Three new dramas imagine key moments in the Clintons’ lives together, closely based on the published accounts and opinions of those who’ve witnessed their enduring partnership.

by Jonathan Myerson

Three entertaining new dramas imagine key moments in the Clintons’ personal and political lives together, closely based on the published accounts and opinions of those who’ve witnessed their enduring partnership.

1991, and the barely-known Governor of Arkansas is beginning to get some traction in the Democratic Presidential Primaries.  Bill Clinton, son of a travelling salesman, wants the nomination to take on incumbent President George H W Bush, popular victor of the First Gulf War.

Then the story of Gennifer Flowers surfaces: she claims she had a twelve-year affair with Bill.  It is dragging down his campaign.  

But ever since they met at Yale, Bill’s talented wife Hillary has been his most fervent supporter, and on her advice, they come out fighting.  In a special interview broadcast straight after the Super Bowl, picking up its audience of one hundred million, she puts both their careers on the line.

‘Heck, Don’t Vote For Him’ explores the beginnings of a complex and fascinating relationship which has helped shape both Clintons’ careers. 

Hillary Rodham  .....  Fenella Woolgar, 
Bill Clinton  .....  Corey Johnson.
Steve Kroft/Dick Morris  .....  Kerry Shale
Betsey Wright  .....  Laurel Lefkow, 
James Carville  .....  Jason Barnett,
George Stephanopoulos  .....  Tom Forrister,
Secretary  .....  Clare Perkins.

Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting



Drama on 4: The Clintons

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Three dramas that imagine key moments in Bill and Hillary Clinton's lives together.

Three dramas imagining key moments in Bill and Hillary Clinton's lives together, based on the published accounts and opinions of those who have witnessed their enduring partnership.

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