Speeches That Shook the World (2013)

ALL 11/06/2013 (en) History, Documentary 60 Min
  • Release
    11/06/2013
  • Production
    Century Films
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  • Original title
    Speeches That Shook the World
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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Overview

Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining the speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners, poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech. Simon gets the inside story behind some of the famous speeches of the modern age, talking to Tony Blair's speechwriter, to Earl Spencer on his controversial address at his sister's funeral and the woman who challenged the rioters in Hackney. We hear how Peter Tatchell confronted the BNP, Paul Boateng on how Enoch Powell's divisive speech personally affected him as a child, and Colonel Tim Collins, whose charge was to motivate his troops on the eve of the Iraq war. Simon discusses the nuts and bolts of speech writing with Vincent Franklin, aka the blue-sky thinking guru Stuart Pearson from The Thick of It, and gets tips on powerful delivery from actor Charles Dance.

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  1. Simon Armitage

    Self - Presenter

  2. Tony Blair

    Self (archive footage)

  3. George W. Bush

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Winston Churchill

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Charles Dance

    Self

  6. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Barack Obama

    Self (archive footage)

  8. John F. Kennedy

    Self (archive footage)

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Speeches That Shook the World (2013) 60 Min

ALL 11/06/2013 (en)
History, Documentary
  • Release 11/06/2013
  • Production
    Century Films
  • Original title Speeches That Shook the World
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Speech-making is the art of persuasion. Well-honed rhetoric appeals not just to the mind, but to the heart and, deeper down, in the guts. Examining the speeches that provoked radical change, surprised pundits or shocked listeners, poet Simon Armitage dissects what makes a perfect speech. Simon gets the inside story behind some of the famous speeches of the modern age, talking to Tony Blair's speechwriter, to Earl Spencer on his controversial address at his sister's funeral and the woman who challenged the rioters in Hackney. We hear how Peter Tatchell confronted the BNP, Paul Boateng on how Enoch Powell's divisive speech personally affected him as a child, and Colonel Tim Collins, whose charge was to motivate his troops on the eve of the Iraq war. Simon discusses the nuts and bolts of speech writing with Vincent Franklin, aka the blue-sky thinking guru Stuart Pearson from The Thick of It, and gets tips on powerful delivery from actor Charles Dance.

  1. Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer