简介：HaroldWilsonandEdwardHeatharetwoverydifferentmenequallyoverlookedbyhistory,buttheywerethepoliticaltitansoftheerainwhichBritainchangedforever.FortenyearstheyfacedeachotherintheHouseofCommons,andswappedinandoutofNumberTen.Theyfoughtfourgeneralelections,threeofwhichwereamongstthemostexcitingofthecentury. Theyweredeliciouslydifferentandscornedoneanother,yettheywerecastfromthesamemould.BothpromisedarevolutionofmeritocracyanddynamismintheBritisheconomyandsociety.Bothutterlyfailed,buttogethertheypresidedoveradecadethatredefinedthenation:BritainceasedtobeaworldpowerandenteredEurope;thepostwarconsensusinwhichtheybothbelievedwasdestroyed;ThatcherismandNewLabourwereborn.Thecountrytheyleftbehindwasunrecognisablefromtheonetheyhadinherited-andtheonetheyhadpromised. Thisdocumentarytellsthestoryoftheirhighlypersonalandpoliticalduelinthewordsofthosewhowatcheditblowbyblow-theircolleaguesinthecabinetandgovernment,andthejournalistsattheringside.Setagainstascintillatingbackdropofthemusicandstyleofthe1960sand70s(whichwasofnointeresttoeitherman)itbringstheera,anditsforgottenfigureheads,vividlytolife.…