How to Be Home Secretary
1999, English. Directed by Simon Finch.
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.
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Who directed How to Be Home Secretary?
How to Be Home Secretary (1999) was directed by Simon Finch and stars Michael Cockerell, Kenneth Baker, Robert Carr.