Malcolm Rifkind
Biography
Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind KCMG QC is a British politician who served in various roles as a Cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Scotland, Defence Secretary, and Foreign Secretary. Rifkind was the MP for Edinburgh Pentlands from 1974 to 1997.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Self – Former Foreign Secretary
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.
Drama Series - 2022, 16 episodes • as Self- Former Foreign Secretary
The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Self - Panellist
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Drama Series - 1994, 16 episodes • as Self (archive footage)
A spoof of the British news — including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On the Hour'.
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Himself
History of the political events and the wars which broke the former state of Yugoslavia into several nations and caused an international political and humanitarian crisis. Using interviews with all the major participants and archive footage of the events, the series impressively performed the double feat of making understandable something which had appeared intractable and of producing 'immediate' history.
Movie - 1998, 2h 15m • as Self
Michael Cockerell talks to all of the surviving people to hold the post of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs including the current incumbent, and invites the viewer to imagine their life in the position.