Michael Cockerell documentary

Michael Cockerell has made another documentary series. Always informed and interesting with high profile interviews, Cockerell's documentaries are worth watching. The power of the Civil Service is always very difficult to ascertain so this series is a welcome one. See here for the BBC clip introducing some of the programme's interviews and topics, in this case the role of Cobra, the civil contingencies committee, and here for BBC Four's site.
It starts tomorrow night at 9pm.

Michael Cockerell

Michael Cockerell has done it again! Another excellent political programme, this time it is a series that analyses the three great offices of state on BBC4. Last night's programme was on the Home Office and looked at past Secretaries of State, key Home Office issues and the relationship between ministers and civil servants. The next two are on the Treasury and the Foreign Office. They are well worth watching. Here is the link.