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Dame Shirley Porter
Shirleymander

Shirleymander

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2009
  • 1 episode

A tragic comedy depicting the principal events of Shirley Porter's time as 'The Westminster Whirlwind' in the Eighties. Stars Tracy-Ann Oberman, Maggie Steed, Bruce Alexander, Joseph Cohen-Cole, Stephen Hogan and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2009
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Tracy-Ann Oberman, Maggie Steed, Bruce Alexander, Joseph Cohen-Cole, Stephen Hogan, Sagar Arya, Ewan Hooper, Philip Fox and more
Writer
Gregory Evans
Director
Piers Wehner
Producer
Marc Beeby
Company

Shirleymander explores the events that led to Tory MP Shirley Porter's fall from grace and, in doing so, dramatises how, in her two terms as Leader, Porter turned the Conservative flagship council into a mire of paranoia, fear and political corruption.

Additional details

Production
Studio

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 27th November 2009 at 9pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
1 hour
All previous repeats
  • Friday 14th October 2011 at 9:00pm on Radio 4

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