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The BBC has signed a deal to televise Alastair Campbell's soon-to-be released diaries.
The controversial former spin doctor will read extracts from the book in a three-part BBC2 series.
They are to be aired shortly after the diaries are published and form part of coverage looking at Tony Blair's tenure after he steps down later this year.
"There will of course be a huge amount of written and broadcast analysis as the Blair Premiership becomes the stuff of history," commented Campbell. "I am looking forward to working on a TV series that captures the essence of my diaries and the events and people who fill them.
"The diary records what I saw, said, heard, thought, felt and did during many of the key moments of his leadership. It records good days and bad days - things going wrong as well as things going right."
George Entwistle, BBC commissioning editor for current affairs, added: "Alastair Campbell was the man left in the room with the Prime Minister when everyone else had gone. I'm looking forward to his diaries providing a whole new dimension in understanding the politics of the last 10 years."
The date of publication of the diaries, and airing the show, depends on when the Prime Minister quits, which he has not yet confirmed.
The controversial former spin doctor will read extracts from the book in a three-part BBC2 series.
They are to be aired shortly after the diaries are published and form part of coverage looking at Tony Blair's tenure after he steps down later this year.
"There will of course be a huge amount of written and broadcast analysis as the Blair Premiership becomes the stuff of history," commented Campbell. "I am looking forward to working on a TV series that captures the essence of my diaries and the events and people who fill them.
"The diary records what I saw, said, heard, thought, felt and did during many of the key moments of his leadership. It records good days and bad days - things going wrong as well as things going right."
George Entwistle, BBC commissioning editor for current affairs, added: "Alastair Campbell was the man left in the room with the Prime Minister when everyone else had gone. I'm looking forward to his diaries providing a whole new dimension in understanding the politics of the last 10 years."
The date of publication of the diaries, and airing the show, depends on when the Prime Minister quits, which he has not yet confirmed.
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