Michael Foot

Biography

Michael Foot was a British politician and served as the leader of the Labour Party from 1980-1983. He was a pacifist and a supporter of CND who studied philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford. As a documentary screenwriter for the war effort in the 1940s, he worked alongside Frank Owen under the joint pseudonym of Michael Frank and was known for Young Veteran (1940), Yellow Caesar (1941). He was married to documentary filmmaker Jill Craigie.

Known For

Panorama

Question Time

Omnibus

World in Action

One Pair of Eyes

The Wilderness Years

Cabinet Confidential

Young Veteran

All Movies (8)

• Independent Miss Craigie2020 · as Himself (Archive Footage)
• From Beaconsfield to Baghdad2007 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• In Search of Tony Blair2004 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• Cabinet Confidential2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Labour's Old Romantic: A Film Portrait of Michael Foot1997 · as Self
• Two Hours from London1995 · as Himself
• Rough Justice1981 · as Self
• Young Veteran1940 · as Commentator

All TV Shows (6)

• The Wilderness Years1995 · as Self
• Question Time1979 · as Himself - Panellist
• Omnibus1967
• One Pair of Eyes1967
• World in Action1963
• Panorama1953