The Lavender List (docudrama)
The Lavender List is also the title of a docudrama broadcast on BBC Four in March 2006 about the events that led to the drafting of the "Lavender List".
The docudrama was written by Francis Wheen, stalwart of the satirical magazine Private Eye. Wheen claimed that it was based on the political diaries of two members of Wilson's kitchen cabinet, press secretary Joe Haines and director of policy Bernard Donoughue. It starred Kenneth Cranham as Wilson and Gina McKee as Williams.
The production received a good review from Victor Lewis-Smith of the London Evening Standard, another regular contributor to Private Eye. Most reviews were critical and it even received criticism from some of the protagonists with regard to its handling of events. Haines noted what he considered 54 inaccuracies in the production.
The BBC is to pay Lady Falkender £75,000 in damages over this drama documentary for claiming that she conducted an adulterous affair with Harold Wilson and exercised undue influence over the compilation of his resignation honours list.
In an out-of-court settlement, the corporation also agreed to pay an estimated £200,000 in costs and promised never to re-broadcast The Lavender List, shown on the digital television channel BBC Four. The latter condition will cost the corporation significant amounts as the critically acclaimed drama would have been repeated regularly on the channel.
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Kenneth
Cranham - Harold Wilson
Gina McKee - Marcia Williams
Celia Imrie - Mary
Wilson
Neil Dudgeon - Joe Haines
Dominic Rowan - Bernard Donoughue
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