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1984 Dec 10 - 1985 Dec 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1449
Downing Street (250th anniversary of Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street; BBC documentary)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 181
Any docs withheld? 15

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84 Dec 17 Mo Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT ("250th Anniversary of No 10") [suggests television documentary on history of the building; MT agrees] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 23 We Major Downing Street: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (BBC documentary on the 250th Anniversary of Prime Minister's official residence in 10 Downing Street) [security concerns] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 25 Fr Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT ("250th Anniversary of No, 10 Downing Street") [MT asked for her views on proposals for what the documentary should cover] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 28 Mo Minor Downing Street: No.10 letter to BBC (BBC documentary to mark 250th Anniversary of the Prime Minister's official residence in 10 Downing Street) [preliminary discussions] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 18 Mo Minor Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to No.10 colleagues (BBC documentary on the 250th Anniversary of the Prime Minister's Official Residence) [producers' recce visit to No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 18 Mo Minor Downing Street: No.10 record of conversation ("250th Anniversary") [No.10 staff, BBC producers: meeting to discuss BBC documentary on No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 5 Tu Major Downing Street: No.10 letter to former Prime Ministers (BBC documentary on the 250th Anniversary of the Prime Minister's Official Residence) ["In case you receive... an approach... the BBC have the Prime Minister's agreement to their making this programme"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 6 We Major Downing Street: No.10 Security Coordinator minute to Robin Butler ("250th Anniversary - BBC TV Programme") [note of a meeting with producers: uncertainty regarding focus/objectives] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 8 Fr Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to No.10 colleagues ("250th Anniversary of No.10 - BBC TV Programme") [No.10 conditions for granting permission to film] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 18 Mo Major Downing Street: No.10 Deputy Press Secretary minute to Robin Butler ("BBC programme on No 10's 250th Anniversary") [proposals for filming in No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Mar 28 Th Major Downing Street: Robin Butler letter to BBC (BBC TV programme on the 250th Anniversary of No.10) ["still concerned... focus... should be on the house rather than on the activities... or the people that work there"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 19 Fr Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT (BBC TV programme on the 250th Anniversary of No.10) [filming inside No.10: "to clear with you the occasions in which you will be involved"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 19 Fr Major Downing Street: No.10 letter to BBC (BBC TV programme on the 250th Anniversary of No.10) [scheduling of filming; preview screening for No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 24 We Major Downing Street: Christopher Jones letter to MT (BBC Film on the 250th Anniversary of No.10) [thanks for interview & access to No.10] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 29 Mo Major Downing Street: No.10 letter to BBC ("Film on the 250th Anniversary of No.10") [comments on proposed schedule of filming] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 30 Tu Major Downing Street: No.10 Press Office minute to Robin Butler ("BBC filming of No.10") [BBC documentary to mark 250th annversary of PM's residence: reception & Dinner for Prime Minister Mulroney] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 8 We Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT ("250th Anniversary Film on No.10") [BBC documentary: filming of Export Day reception; shots of MT in her study] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT ("E(LF) Meeting on Monday: BBC film") [filming for 250th anniversary of PM's residence] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 20 Mo Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT ("250th Anniversary of No.10: BBC filming on Tuesday 21 May") [shots of MT being briefed for PMQs] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 23 Th Major Downing Street: Robin Butler minute to MT ("BBC Film on 250th Anniversary of No.10 1500-1700 on Friday 24 May") [filming of MT in No.10 flat] [declassified Dec 2014]