1971: Margaret Thatcher and cosmetics
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In this surviving excerpt from an edition of the documentary series Analysis, Sue MacGregor investigates why women feel they have to use cosmetics. Margaret Thatcher is interviewed about the details of her skin-care regime and reveals the problems she has finding the right powder and the pressure she feels to ensure that her make-up always looks fresh.
Margaret Thatcher was always very image conscious. After she won the leadership contest in the Conservative Party, Gordon Reece, a former television producer and media consultant, advised her on changing and softening her image.
Originally broadcast 27 August 1971.