Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher were soulmates. He was a Labour MP who became a TV interviewer, she was the Tory leader whose radical restoration of economic choice and class aspiration rescued ...

The new Channel 4 drama delves into how a single television interview in 1989 by ex-Labour MP Brian Walden (Steve Coogan) led to the downfall of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ...

The drama series Brian and Maggie will show the build-up to the interview and Walden's decisions behind the questions that would eventually force Thatcher to resign a year later.

Walden – who had considered defecting to the Tories over concerns about Labour’s far-left move, and went on to be a speechwriter for Thatcher during her time in No 10 – saw a kinship between ...

Walden – who had considered defecting to the Tories over concerns about Labour’s far-left move, and went on to be a speechwriter for Thatcher during her time in No 10 – saw a kinship between ...

However, fans reacted online to Steve's portrayal of political journalist Brian Walden. On one hand, some thought that he didn't sound anything like the former MP.

But former Labour MP and firebrand TV inquisitor Brian Walden and Tory prime minister Margaret Thatcher struck up an improbable friendship forged over a series of lengthy small-screen interviews.

You can watch Brian and Maggie at 9pm on Channel 4 on Wednesday, January 29. After that, the second and final episode will air in the same time slot on Thursday, January 30.

Brian and Maggie starts on Channel 4 this evening. It is based on the real-life TV interview between Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher. The 45-minute event became a major talking point in 1989.