HistoryExtra https://www.historyextra.com/tag/britain-greatest-prime-minister-podcast-series Tue, 29 Oct 2024 19:08:49 GMT en hourly 1 Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 9: Secrets of being a successful leader https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-9-secrets-successful-leader-podcast-anthony-seldon/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:14:51 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-9-secrets-successful-leader-podcast-anthony-seldon/ For the final episode in our series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most, Anthony Seldon discusses the secrets of being a great leader For the concluding episode of our series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, Anthony Seldon joins us to discuss the secrets of being a great leader, and some of the challenges facing those in charge over the last 300 years.

Anthony Seldon is the author of The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister (Cambridge University Press, 2021)

]]> Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 8: Margaret Thatcher https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-podcast-episode-margaret-thatcher/ Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:10:43 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-podcast-episode-margaret-thatcher/ In the latest episode in our series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most, Andrew Roberts nominates Margaret Thatcher In the latest episode of our new series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, historian and author Andrew Roberts nominates Margaret Thatcher, who combined ideological drive with steely determination.

]]> Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 7: Lord Salisbury https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-lord-salisbury-podcast/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:52:23 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-lord-salisbury-podcast/ In the latest episode in our series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most, Andrew Roberts nominates Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquess of Salisbury In the latest episode of our series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, historian and author Andrew Roberts nominates Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquess of Salisbury, whose three terms in office at the end of the 19th century saw Britain reach the very height of its imperial power.

]]> Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 6: Winston Churchill https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-6-winston-churchill-podcast/ Tue, 25 May 2021 11:57:23 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-6-winston-churchill-podcast/ In the latest episode in our series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most, Jeremy Black nominates Winston Churchill In the latest episode of our series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, Jeremy Black nominates Winston Churchill – the leader who became a wartime icon by galvanising the nation in the face of terrible crisis.

]]> Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 5: Pitt the Younger https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-5-pitt-younger/ Tue, 18 May 2021 11:24:04 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-5-pitt-younger/ In the latest episode in our series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most, Dominic Sandbrook nominates William Pitt the Younger In the latest episode of our new series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, historian and broadcaster Dominic Sandbrook nominates William Pitt the Younger, the steady, upright leader who steered Britain through the turbulence of the French Revolution.

]]> Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 4: Harold Wilson https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-4-harold-wilson/ Tue, 11 May 2021 11:32:28 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-4-harold-wilson/ In the latest episode in our new series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most, Charlotte Lydia Riley nominates Harold Wilson In the latest episode of our new series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, Charlotte Lydia Riley chooses Harold Wilson, whose forward-looking premiership came to define the progressive 1960s.

]]> Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 3: Clement Attlee https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-3-clement-attlee-podcast/ Tue, 04 May 2021 12:37:02 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-3-clement-attlee-podcast/ In the latest episode in our new series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their tenure, Charlotte Lydia Riley profiles Clement Attlee In the latest episode in our new series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, historian Charlotte Lydia Riley explores the postwar leadership of Labour prime minister Clement Attlee.

]]> Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 2: Stanley Baldwin https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-2-stanley-baldwin-podcast-dominic-sandbrook/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:27:38 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-episode-2-stanley-baldwin-podcast-dominic-sandbrook/ In the second episode of our new series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most, Dominic Sandbrook champions Stanley Baldwin In the second episode of our new series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, historian and broadcaster Dominic Sandbrook champions three-time 20th-century leader Stanley Baldwin.

]]> Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 1: Robert Walpole https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-podcast-series-episode-one-robert-walpole/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:16:20 GMT https://www.historyextra.com/membership/britain-greatest-prime-minister-podcast-series-episode-one-robert-walpole/ In the first episode of our new series on the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their tenure, Jeremy Black profiles Robert Walpole In the first episode of our new series profiling the prime ministers that experts believe accomplished most during their time in 10 Downing Street, historian and author Jeremy Black celebrates Britain’s first prime minister – pioneering 18th-century statesman Robert Walpole.

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