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Wilberforce

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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.

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Credits

ActorClive Swift
DirectorMarc Beeby
WriterTony Bagley

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