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Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell looks back at his time at the heart of government as Tony Blair's director of communications. Plus analysis of the Greek general election and TV reviews.

Alastair Campbell was Tony Blair's director of communications between 1997 and 2003. He speaks fully and frankly about the influence of Rupert Murdoch on successive governments, tensions between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and how the David Kelly affair brought him to his lowest ebb.

Plus expert analysis of the outcome of the Greek general election, and its implications for the eurozone crisis, with Newsnight's economics editor Paul Mason and economist Dr Dimitrios Syrrakos

And reviewers Boyd Hilton & Kevin O'Sullivan cast their eye over the pick of the week's TV highlights, including Project Hackney, True Love, Simon Schama's Shakespeare & Primeval.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 18 Jun 2012 14:00

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Jun 2012 14:00