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Thatcher Arrives at Downing Street

First broadcast: 4 May 1979

Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister in Britain and enters 10 Downing Street. Amid cheers and jeers from the assembled crowd, Thatcher famously quotes St Francis of Assisi and recalls Airey Neave with the words 'there is work to be done'.

This is an extended version of the original news broadcast and provides an insight into the coverage of the event and the reactions of the crowd to the new Prime Minister.

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6 minutes

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