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The Lavender List

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United Kingdom

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A docudrama about the events that led to Harold Wilson's 1976 resignation honors list. It shows how political decisions and personal connections shaped that controversial list.

informativeunderstatedseriousnostalgicrestrainedmatter-of-factpolitical

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The Lavender List is a docudrama originally broadcast on BBC Four on 1 March 2006. It chronicles the events that led to the drafting of the so-called "Lavender List", a satirical name given to Harold Wilson's controversial 1976 resignation honours. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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