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Prime Ministers' Props

Series 3

Lord Rosebery's Race Horses

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop can come to define a political leader. This time - Lord Rosebery's race horses. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 3

Edward Heath's Yacht

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Edward Heath's yacht. Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop can come to define a political leader. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 3

Clement Attlee's Family Car

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Clement Atlee's motor car. Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop can come to define a political leader. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 3

Lloyd George, the Welsh Wizard

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Lloyd George, the Welsh Wizard. Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop can come to define a political leader. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 3

Harold Macmillan as Supermac

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Harold Macmillan as Supermac. Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop can come to define a political leader. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 2

The Duke of Wellington's Boots

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

David Cannadine meets the present Duke of Wellington to explore how his ancestor's utilitarian boots came to define his military and political leadership. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 2

Benjamin Disraeli's Novels

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

David Cannadine visits Hughenden Manor, where Disraeli wrote his most famous novels, to explore how this prime minister merged fact and fiction in his life and work. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 2

Margaret Thatcher's Handbag

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

David Cannadine comes face to face with Mrs Thatcher's handbag, to explore how it came to represent the most visible symbol of our first female prime minister's power to command. Show more

Prime Ministers' Props

Series 2

William Gladstone's Axe

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

David Cannadine meets Charlie Gladstone, the current resident of Hawarden Castle, to explore how William Gladstone's axe became a powerful political metaphor. Show more