Cultural Depictions of Margaret Thatcher - Satire

Satire

  • The Iron Lady (1979) – Janet Brown (satirical album written by Private Eye's John Wells)
  • Saturday Night Live (1979, 1982, 1988) – Michael Palin, Mary Gross and John Lithgow
  • Anyone for Denis? (1982) – Angela Thorne
  • Yes Minister (1984) – herself (a short sketch, on 20 January 1984, at an award ceremony for the writers, commemorated on a Private Eye cover)
  • Spitting Image (passim) – voiced by Steve Nallon; the show rounded off one season with a puppet of Thatcher singing My Way word-for-word.
  • The New Statesman (1987–1990) – Steve Nallon
  • KYTV (1989) – Steve Nallon
  • Dunrulin (1990) – Angela Thorne
  • The Comic Strip Presents... (1990 and 1992) – Jennifer Saunders
  • Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) – Greta Scacchi
  • The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011) – Jennifer Saunders

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