In six first-look images released by Channel 4, Steve was seen in full character with receding greying locks, a thin stature and a striped black and white suit.

Stephen Frears-directed drama tells the story of Brian Walden's final interview with PM Margaret Thatcher, which set off a train of events leading to her eventual resignation.

Channel 4 has released first-look photos of James Graham's new drama Brian and Margaret, starring Harriet Walter and Steve Coogan.

Channel 4 has released a first look at Harriet Walter as Margaret Thatcher in its James Graham drama ‘Brian and Margaret.’

Next up in the world of political dramas – and reenactments of real political events – is Channel 4’s Brian and Margaret, based on former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s final television interview.

The two-part drama will air next year on Channel 4 and tell the tale of the final ever television interview of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and journalist Brian Walden back in 1989. Channel 4 announced they had commissioned the TV drama in June and now the first pictures from the set have been released.

Dame Harriet Walter embodies Margaret Thatcher for new Channel 4 drama - Steve Coogan plays journalist Brian Walden in the two-part series about his 1989 interview with the then-prime minister.