How to Be Home Secretary

How to Be Home Secretary

1999 · 49 min · Documentary, TV Movie

In the latest how-to-do-it guide, Michael Cockerell films behind the scenes in the normally secretive Home Office. As well as crime, prisons and MI5, the Home Secretary is responsible for nudist beaches, mad dogs and massage parlours. Jack Straw and his predecessors talk candidly about the Cabinet's most dangerous and fascinating job.

Directed by Simon Finch

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